Corporate security governance and the “intrinsic logic” of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo

Alexander Freier

Authors

Alexander Freier Universidad Católica de Córdoba - Facultad de Ciencia Política Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET)

Keywords:

Corporate security, Security governance, Global cities, Transnational Companies (TNCs), Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo

Abstract

The article focuses on the role of transnational companies (TNCs) as private authorities to govern through crime in the World City Rio de Janeiro and the Global City São Paulo. Given the high vulnerability of these global actors to urban violence and crime, companies have to engage in security governance in both cities in order to ensure their business continuity. Choosing a comparative approach I argue that the individual and collective opportunities by transnational companies to contribute to the negotiation of security in conflict-prone areas in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo and their spatial implications reveal the 'intrinsic logic' of both cities

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Author Biography

Alexander Freier, Universidad Católica de Córdoba - Facultad de Ciencia Política Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET)

Licenciado en Ciencia Política y Relaciones Internacionales de la Universidad de Leipzig (Alemania), Doctor en Estudios Globales, Universidad de Leipzig (Alemania). Becario Post-doctoral Conicet-Universidad Católica de Córdoba (Argentina). Ex docente de Relaciones Internacionales en las Universidades de Bielefeld, Leipzig y Viena. Profesor Investigador por concurso de Teorías de las Relaciones Internacionales en la Facultad de Ciencia Política y RRII, UCC

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