Este artigo apresenta um olhar sobre a Baixada Fluminense a partir de suas dimensões política e cultural. Enfatizando a formação das redes políticas locais a partir do século XX e a lógica da relação entre violência e prática política, descreveremos a trajetória de um dos políticos atuais de maior influência na região, ressaltando como as representações sobre o que é a Baixada mudaram ao longo do tempo e quem são e qual o lugar das novas elites políticas dentro desse panorama. A view of the ‘Baixada’: uses and representations of local power and its actors Abstract This article presents a of view of the Baixada Fluminense´s from its political and cultural dimensions. Emphasizing the constitution of local political networks in the 20th. century and the relations between violence and political practices, it describes the trajectory of one of the most influential politicians of the region in the last decade, pointing out how representations of the Baixada Fluminense have changed during these years, who the new elite is and what is their social standing.

Immigration is currently one of the main and most important themes for analysis. Much of the migratory flux to Europe is destined for metropolises, large cities or, at least, eminently urban spaces. These spaces are privileged areas for observing the relationship between more global themes and their absorption by local practices and livelihoods. Lisbon is thus the locus of our observations of the processes of re-signification, of the creation of forms of occupation and of the use of spaces as a fundamental element in the constitution of identities. In this light, Brazilian immigrants are political actors that not only conform to urban dynamics, but who also seek to redefine them.

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