{"product_id":"9780472055647-architectures-of-hope","title":"Architectures of Hope","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eInfrastructural Citizenship and Class Mobility in Brazil's Public Housing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the eve of the 2008 financial crisis, Brazil implemented its largest-ever public housing program, the Minha Casa Minha Vida\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eArchitectures of Hope\u003c\/i\u003e examines how communal idealism, electoral politics, and low-income consumer markets made first-time homeownership a reality for millions of low-income Brazilians over the last ten years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing on a five-year-long ethnography among city planners, architects, street-level bureaucrats, politicians, market and bank representatives, community leaders, and past, present, and future beneficiaries, MoisÉs Kopper tells the story of how a group of grassroots housing activists rose from oblivion to build a model community. He explores the strategies set forth by housing activists as they waited and hoped for—and eventually secured—homeownership through Minha Casa Minha Vida’s public-private infrastructure. By showing how these efforts coalesced in Porto Alegre—Brazil’s once progressive hotspot—he interrogates the value systems and novel arrangements of power and market that underlie the country’s post-neoliberal project of modern and inclusive development.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy chronicling the making and remaking of material hope in the aftermath of Minha Casa Minha Vida, \u003ci\u003eArchitectures of Hope\u003c\/i\u003e reopens the future as a powerful venue for ethnographic inquiry and urban development.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40868836507745,"sku":"9780472055647","price":40.45,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_31840934.jpg?v=1742977796","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780472055647-architectures-of-hope","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}