Architectures of Hope - 9780472075645

The University of Michigan Press

Architectures of HopeInfrastructural Citizenship and Class Mobility in Brazil's Public Housing\nAuthor(s): Moiss Kopper\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: The University of Michigan Press, United States\nImprint: The University of Michigan Press\nISBN-13: 9780472075645, 978-0472075645\nSynopsis\nArchitectures of Hope 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.\n\nDrawing 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, Moiss 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 forand eventually securedhomeownership through Minha Casa Minha Vidas public-pr.