Protest policing in Brazil: repertoires and models of policing during the cycle of protests of June 2013 in the city of Porto Alegre

Authors

  • Eduardo Georjão Fernandes UFRGS
  • Gabriel Guerra Câmara UFRGS

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-7984.2017v17n39p368

Abstract

The work presents as theme the policing of protests in Brazil. Specifically, we question: What are the repertoires used by the police during the 2013 protest cycle? What model(s) of policing were put into action? The need for the study is justified by the absence of a consolidated field of studies in the country on protest policing; on the other hand, there are international studies dealing with this subject. Methodologically, we analyzed the case of protest policing in Porto Alegre during the cycle of protests of 2013. We analyzed news from Zero Hora and interviews with police officers. We identified the diversity of policing repertoires and the coexistence of two main policing models, which are guided by different criteria of value to be protected in the protest: one based on the defense of physical integrity of protesters and a second one based on the defense of patrimony.

Author Biographies

Eduardo Georjão Fernandes, UFRGS

Doutorando e Mestre em Sociologia pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). Bacharel em Ciências Jurídicas e Sociais pela UFRGS. Bacharel em Psicologia pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS). Integrante do Grupo de Pesquisa Associativismo, Contestação e Engajamento (GPACE), da UFRGS, e do Centre on Social Movement Studies (Cosmos), da Scuola Normale Superiore, Itália

Gabriel Guerra Câmara, UFRGS

Doutorando e Mestre em Sociologia pela UFRGS. Integrante do Grupo de Pesquisa Magistratura, Sociedade e Política, da UFRGS, e do Grupo de Pesquisa Social Movements in the Global Age (SMAG), da Universté Catholique de Louvain, Bélgica

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Published

2018-11-29

Issue

Vol. 17 No. 39 (2018)

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