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MARIANA CALVALCANTI

Sociology Professor

Mariana Cavalcanti is Associate Professor in the Sociology Department of the Institute of Social and Political Studies at the State University of Rio de Janeiro (IESP/UERJ).

She received her PhD in social/cultural anthropology from the University of Chicago in 2007. She is also founder and board member of Casa Fluminense, a civil society association aimed at deepening democracy and reducing inequalities in the Metropolitan Area of Rio de Janeiro.

In the public-private partnerships for the Olympics, what you do find is that what is public is the money and the risk and what is private are the profits.

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