A produção capitalista do espaço urbano e do direito no contexto da copa do mundo de 2014

Abstract

The research addresses the relationship between the relationship between urban space and capitalism, with emphasis in the context of over-accumulation crisis and, therefore, in need of capital expansion through the accumulation by dispossession and appropriation of common goods. Given the amplitude of the subject, subsequently, the conjuncture, as well as its categories, is connected to the World Cup 2014, held in twelve Brazilian cities. Through the universal analysis to the particular one, it sums up the study of theory and practice of appropriation of cities, checking their actors, strategies and consequences for the working class. Main purpose of this work is, therefore, to unveil the great over-accumulation crisis overcoming plan that lurks behind mega sporting events and ideological discourse, and that is legitimized by the legal system, through its application or suspension. Based on the dialectical-materialist method, the approach aims to address the following questions: How capitalism in the current context, appropriates the cities? In Brazil, this appropriation has any link with the World Cup 2014? What are the actors, public and private, involved in the production of space under the capitalist support and how they act? How this process impacted (via removals and evictions) the life of the working class during the World Cup 2014? To answer these questions, there was use of bibliographic and documentary research, in which, fully connected, the first protects the categories mentioned in the text and the second holds the reality of reading. In accordance with the adopted method, the objective is also examining about the possibilities of resistance to the impacts of mega sporting events to the communities affected by infrastructure works (particular) , while it reflects on the insurgency difficulties in face the commercialization process of privatization of the city (universal). In short, it aims to present a study to contribute to the rescue of hope and utopia, as well as ensuring the right to the city and human emancipation .