Flyer with USF logo for the paper "The business of protection: Insuring urban violence risks in contemporary Brazil" and the quote "Drawing on ethnographic research with both major insurers and small players in this protection market, this paper examines how financial institutions navigate high-risk urban environments and sheds light on the effects of the financialization of security. It argues that, beyond actuarial rationality, the everyday practices of insurance governance also rely on the outsourcing of violence and on the entrepreneurialization of the public forces of order." on a grey backround.
Flyer with USF logo for the paper "The business of protection: Insuring urban violence risks in contemporary Brazil" and the quote "Drawing on ethnographic research with both major insurers and small players in this protection market, this paper examines how financial institutions navigate high-risk urban environments and sheds light on the effects of the financialization of security. It argues that, beyond actuarial rationality, the everyday practices of insurance governance also rely on the outsourcing of violence and on the entrepreneurialization of the public forces of order." on a grey backround.
📚 New publication!
Former #USFInternationalFellow Deborah Fromm has a new article out: “The business of protection: Insuring urban violence risks in contemporary Brazil.”
🔗 Read more: doi.org/10.1080/0308...
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