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Porous City

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During the 1990s Rio de Janeiro earned the epithet of 'divided city', an image underscored by the contrast between its upper-class buildings and nearby hillside 'favelas.' The city's cultural production, however, has been shaped by porous boundaries and multi-ethnic encounters. Drawing on a broad range of historical, theoretical and literary sources, Porous City generates new ways of understanding Rio's past, its role in the making of Brazilian culture, and its significance to key global debates about modernity and urban practices. This book offers an original perspective on Rio de Janeiro that focuses on the New City, one of the most compelling spaces in the history of modern cities. Once known as both a 'Little Africa' and as a 'Jewish Neighborhood,' the New City was an important reference for prominent writers, artists, pioneering social scientists and foreign visitors (from Christian missionaries to Orson Welles). It played a crucial role in foundational narratives of Brazil as 'the country of carnival' and as a 'racial democracy.' Going back to the neighborhood's creation by royal decree in 1811, this study sheds light on how initially marginalized practices -like samba music- became emblematic of national identity. A critical crossroads of Rio, the New City was largely razed for the construction of a monumental avenue during World War II. Popular musicians protested, but 'progress' in the automobile age had a price. The area is now being rediscovered due to developments spurred by the 2016 Olympics. At another moment of transition, Porous City revisits this fascinating metropolis.

Brazilian Competition Law

RRP $637.99

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Once Brazil came to a clear awareness of its prodigious global economic power a few short years ago, the government quickly undertook a number of sweeping procedural reforms in its competition system that not only made the Brazilian antitrust enforcement authority a model for newer competition agencies worldwide but also fuelled the propulsion of Brazil to an unprecedented level of trading activity. Now, this thorough and informative volume describes and analyses, from a practitionerand#8217;s point of view, the procedural details and economic underpinnings of this remarkable new antitrust regime. With close attention to US and EU comparisons, as well as to the world institutions that incorporate an antitrust dimension, the authorsand#8217; in-depth coverage encompasses such aspects as the following:

• regional and global competition cooperation agreements;

• Brazilian antitrust methodology of analysis (for mergers and behaviours controls);

• procedures, agreements, and statistics on merger control (concentration acts);

• veto (full rejection), partial clearance (remedies), preliminary clearance all under a case law approach;

• definition of and#8220;economic groupand#8221; and the challenge of private equity funds;

• anticompetitive behaviours, boundaries, liabilities, trends;

• collaboration among competitors: safe harbours and risky areas;

• Brazilian leniency policy, statistics, updated rules;

• settlement agreements on Brazilian competition regime (mergers and investigations);

• penalties for violations either in mergers or conducts controls;

• judicial review or challenge of agency decisions: how CADE is succeeding in Courts;

• private damages in Brazil: evolving trend to be considered in risk analysis;

• competition and intellectual property: general rules, main cases and safety zones.

Offering to practitioners, policymakers, researchers, and academics a complete guide and#8211; grounded in case law, doctrine, and international experience and#8211; to how the Brazilian antitrust regime works, its trends and developments, this book is an important contribution to competition law both in theory and in practice. It is sure to be warmly welcomed.

Three Centuries Of A City Library

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This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic, timeless works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.

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