The Killing Consensus: Police, Organized Crime, and the Regulation of Life and D

Description: The Killing Consensus by Graham Denyer Willis Shows how in Sao Paulo, Brazil, killing and the arbitration of normal killing in the name of social order are actually conducted by two groups the police and organized crime both operating according to parallel logics of murder. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description We hold many assumptions about police work-that it is the responsibility of the state, or that police officers are given the right to kill in the name of public safety or self-defense. But in The Killing Consensus, Graham Denyer Willis shows how in São Paulo, Brazil, killing and the arbitration of "normal" killing in the name of social order are actually conducted by two groups-the police and organized crime-both operating according to parallel logics of murder. Based on three years of ethnographic fieldwork, Williss book traces how homicide detectives categorize two types of killing: the first resulting from "resistance" to police arrest (which is often broadly defined) and the second at the hands of a crime "family known as the Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC). Death at the hands of police happens regularly, while the PCCs centralized control and strict moral code among criminals has also routinized killing, ironically making the city feel safer for most residents. In a fractured urban security environment, where killing mirrors patterns of inequitable urbanization and historical exclusion along class, gender, and racial lines, Denyer Williss research finds that the citys cyclical periods of peace and violence can best be understood through an unspoken but mutually observed consensus on the right to kill. This consensus hinges on common notions and street-level practices of who can die, where, how, and by whom, revealing an empirically distinct configuration of authority that Denyer Willis calls sovereignty by consensus. Flap "This is a picture of policing in modern Brazil. Denyer Willis does not paint for us lovely, quiet nights with quiet stars, with Jobim-like bossa nova echoes. Its not the playful joy of the beach at Ipanema. He transports us to violent places in S Author Biography Graham Denyer Willis is a University Lecturer at the Centres of Development and Latin American Studies and a Fellow at Queens College, University of Cambridge. Table of Contents List of Illustrations Foreword Preface Acknowledgments PART ONE. SURVIVING Introduction. Sovereignty by Consensus 1. Surviving Sao Paulo 2. Regulations of Killing PART TWO. KILLING 3. Homicide 4. Resistencias 5. The Killing Consensus 6. A Consensus Killed PART THREE. DEBATE 7. The Powerful? 8. Toward an Ideal Subordination? Notes Bibliography Index Review "Weaving in detailed observations from years of fieldwork, Williss ethnography is both a cautionary tale about the cyclical nature of unregulated violence and a critique of the system that facilitates such an arrangement." Survival: Global Politics and Strategy Review Quote "Weaving in detailed observations from years of fieldwork, Williss ethnography is both a cautionary tale about the cyclical nature of unregulated violence and a critique of the system that facilitates such an arrangement." Details ISBN0520285719 Author Graham Denyer Willis Publisher University of California Press Year 2015 ISBN-10 0520285719 ISBN-13 9780520285712 Format Paperback Imprint University of California Press Subtitle Police, Organized Crime, and the Regulation of Life and Death in Urban Brazil Place of Publication Berkerley Country of Publication United States Pages 216 DEWEY 364.0981 Short Title KILLING CONSENSUS Language English Media Book Illustrations 6 b-w, 1 map, 3 line drawings UK Release Date 2015-03-21 Publication Date 2015-03-21 AU Release Date 2015-03-21 NZ Release Date 2015-03-21 US Release Date 2015-03-21 Audience Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:159510097;

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