TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2021//
TI  - Dealing with violence: varied reactions from frontline workers acting in highly vulnerable territories
JO  - Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space
A1  - Lotta, Gabriela
A1  - Lima-Silva, Fernanda
A1  - Favareto, Arilson
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - This paper aims to understand the multiple strategies developed by frontline workers to deal with situations of violence in vulnerable territories. We analyze the micro-dynamics within which workers operate to understand how the State deals with violence. Empirically, we analyzed data from interviews with 140 frontline workers implementing different policies not directly related to violence in neighborhoods located in the city of Sao Paulo, Brazil, known for their populations' precariousness and vulnerability. The results expand the understanding of the different ways in which violence expresses itself in these places and show that the reactions developed by frontline workers are more complex than those suggested by the existing literature. The multiple violence to which these workers are exposed is used and manipulated by them in various ways during policy implementation. Frontline workers can ignore, negotiate with, or combat violence. They use their agency to develop different reactions based on how they and the policies are embedded or disconnected to the territories.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2399-6544
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/23996544211031560
ID  - ref1
ER  -