{"product_id":"architectures-of-hope-moiss-kopper-9780472075645","title":"Architectures of Hope: Infrastructural Citizenship and Class Mobility in Brazil's Public Housing","description":"\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\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, Mois駸 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\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mois駸 Kopper\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0472075640\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780472075645\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Michigan Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/17\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 362\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.49lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.13h x 5.98w x 1.10d","brand":"Mois駸 Kopper","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44070733676799,"sku":"9780472075645","price":85.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c4c06dec-76ca-4371-8c7e-06356b7f33d5.jpg?v=1685432051","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/architectures-of-hope-moiss-kopper-9780472075645","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}