Gabriel Feltran is an urban ethnographer who has studied the 'world of crime' in Brazil for more than two decades. He is Professor of Sociology at the Federal University of São Carlos and Senior Researcher at the Brazilian Center of Analysis and Planning (CEBRAP). He has held Invited Scholar positions at University of Oxford, UK, and Humboldt University, Germany, and is former Academic Director of the Center for Metropolitan Studies, University of São Paulo, Brazil. Professor Feltran's works include The Entangled City: Crime as Urban Fabric in São Paulo.

Notes on Contributors viii Series Editors' Preface x Introduction 1
Gabriel Feltran A Phone Call 7 A Global Market 9 Theoretical Framework: Normative Regimes 11 Inequalities 18 Methods: About Journeys, Tacking, and Our Collaborative Research Team 21 A Collective Research Team 27 Ethical Issues, Diversity, and Typical Days 29 Chapter Structure 31 1 Crime, Violence, and Inequality in São Paulo 37Gregorio Zambon and Gabriel Feltran 7 a.m. (Fiat Strada) 39 10:00 a.m. (Hyundai HB20) 43 5:15 p.m. (Fiat Palio) 47 8:40 p.m. (Ford Ka) 53 Urban Violence and Market Regulation 56 2 State Reaction 63Gabriel Feltran Police Use of Lethal Force 66 Imprisonment 74 The "Clearing of Public Roads" 78 Political Legitimation 80 3 Designing the Market 87Deborah Fromm Insurance as a Mediator 94 The Automobile Business: From the Streets of São Paulo to the Panama Papers 99 4 Auctions and Mechanisms 104André de Pieri Pimentel and Luiz Gustavo Simão Pereira Central Circuits: Insurance Companies that Sell at Auctions 109 Some Numbers 111 Marginal Circuits: Car Dealerships and Chop-shops that Buy at Auctions 115 Auctioneers: Economics and Politics 121 5 Dismantling a Stolen Car 127Isabela Vianna Pinho, Gregório Zambon, and Lucas Alves Fernandes Silva Family, Market, Politics 130 Between Extremes: From "Recicla" to "Sheds" 135 Prices and Stratification 143 6 Regulating an Illegal Market 147Luana Motta, Janaina Maldonado, and Juliana Alcântara A Brief Chronology of the Dismantling Law 149 Old Practices, New "Political Merchandise": The Everyday Experience of the Dismantling Law 152 The Political Centrality of Police Officers 158 Police Regulation and Violence 161 7 Not Criminals, Legislators 165Deborah Fromm and Luana Motta New Laws, New Markets 169 Illegal Markets, Microfinance, Corporate Philanthropy 171 Action and Reaction 174 Parallel Insurance and the Protection Market 175 The Law that Governs the Market, the Market that Governs the Law 181 8 Globalization and Its Backroads 187André de Pieri Pimentel, Gabriel Feltran, and Lucas Alves Fernandes Silva A Global Market and Its Margins 190 Connecting Markets 194 Urban Reconfigurations 198 North-South Urban Inequalities 202 Conclusions 208
Gabriel Feltran Afterword: Following Cars in a Latin American Metropolis: Inequality, Illegalisms, and Formalization 220
Daniel Veloso Hirata References 228
Index 245