Social Movements and Public Policies in Southern European Cities 3030527530, 9783030527532

Table of contents :
Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction: Social Change, Political Discontent, and Urban Movements in Southern European Cities
1.1 The Evolution of the Mediterranean Metropolis: Inequality, Segregation, Expansion, and Diversity
1.2 The Withdrawal of the State and the Crisis of Urban Policies
1.3 Political Discontent and Urban Social Movements
1.4 The Contents of This Volume
References
Part I: Urban Challenges and Collective Action
Chapter 2: Urban Movements and the Challenges of the European City
2.1 Social Crisis, Urban Crisis
2.2 The End of the City?
2.3 The Tribulations of the City in a (Partially) Open World
2.4 Something That Fine People Should Not Hear Mentioned
2.5 The Need for Urban Government, and Its Limitations
2.6 “Geographies of Discontent” and the Urban Movements
2.7 Conclusions
References
Chapter 3: From Protest to Program Berlin’s Anti-gentrification-Movement Since Reunification
3.1 Housing in Berlin: From State-Led Gentrification to Comprehensive Housing Crisis
3.1.1 The Transformation of Housing Policies After Reunification
3.1.2 Neoliberal Dismantling of Berlin’s Housing Policies Since the Year 2000
3.1.3 Re-emergence of Progressive Housing Policies Since 2016
3.2 Governing by Protest: Grassroots Influence on Housing Policy
3.2.1 Social Occasion of Protest
3.2.2 Social Base of Protest
3.2.3 Presence of Political Organization
3.2.4 Transformative Housing Mobilization
References
Chapter 4: Making Sense of (New) Social Mobilisations, Conflicts and Contention in the Tourist City: A Typology
4.1 Introduction: An “Anti-tourism” Backlash in (European) Cities?
4.2 Tourism as a Bone of Contention: Factors and Trends
4.3 The “Politicisation from Below” of the Visitor Economy: An Exploratory Typology of Social Mobilisations and Collective Action in (Tourist) Cities
4.3.1 New “Purpose-Built” Social Mobilisations: Tourism and “Touristification” as the Central Object of Protest
4.3.2 The Integration of Tourism-Related Issues into Existing Forms of Citizens’ Activism and Urban Social Movements
4.3.3 Distributive Conflicts Between Social Groups Around the Benefits of the Visitor Economy
4.3.4 When Urban Tourism Is Entangled with Ethno-nationalist Conflicts
4.3.5 Invisible or Absent Collective Mobilisations? Infra-politics, Subversion and Alternative Narratives of Place in the Tourist City
4.4 Conclusion
References
Chapter 5: The City, Local Conflicts and Public Policies
5.1 The Emergence and Significance of Local Conflicts
5.2 Local Conflicts and General Struggles
5.3 The Decline of the City as Ideological Apparatus
5.4 The Limits of Urban Policies
5.5 The Relationship Between Local Conflicts and Institutions
5.6 Seeking Ways of Cooperation Between Local Movements and Institutions
References
Part II: Urban Movements, Unity in Diversity
Chapter 6: “The City Belongs to Us!”: Claiming Social Rights and Urban Citizenship in the Face of Urban Renewal Programs in a Mediterranean French City
6.1 Riots in la banlieue? Urban Outcasts, Social Contest, and Urban Policy in Crisis
6.1.1 A National Urban Policy in Crisis
6.1.2 Behind 2005’s Riots, Social Contests, and Low Noise Mobilizations
6.2 The City Belongs to Us! Urban Social Mobilizations and Innovations in Perpignan
6.2.1 The Perpignan Urban Renewal Plan: National Expectations and Local Challenges
6.2.2 “We Don’t Want No Social Mixing!”
6.2.3 The Tale of Three Neighborhoods: Contestations, Social Mobilizations, and Urban Policies in Crisis
Baléares Rois de Majorque: Innovations Through Critical Cooperation and Strategy of Colonization
Clodion-Torcatis: Counter Proposals and Claims to Be Heard
Nouveau Logis Les Pins: Women’ Indignation and Claim for Citizenship
6.3 Hybridization and Reformulation of Urban Policies
6.3.1 Beyond Social Mobilization, Urban Citizenship
6.3.2 Urban Policies Between Crisis and Adaptation: An Institutional Tinkering
6.3.3 A Matter of Scales: From Neighborhood Involvement to Political Action
6.3.4 Postface: Citizens’ Vigilance and International Media Coverage
6.4 Conclusion
References
Chapter 7: Social Innovation Against Socio-spatial Segregation: The Case of Catalonia
7.1 Social Innovation: What Are We (Not) Talking About?
7.2 Social Innovation in the Face of Socio-spatial Inequality: Theoretical Considerations
7.3 Analysis of the Socio-spatial Dimension of Social Innovation: Methodological Considerations
7.3.1 Statistical and Cartographical Analysis of Urban Segregation
7.3.2 Mapping Social Innovation
7.3.3 The Online Survey of Social Innovation Initiatives
7.3.4 The Comparative Case Study
7.4 Main Results: Crisis, Socio-spatial Segregation, and Social Innovation in Catalonia and the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona
7.4.1 Evolutionary Patterns of Socio-spatial Segregation in Catalonia
7.4.2 Evolutionary Patterns of Social Innovation
7.5 Theoretical, Methodological, and Political Lessons
References
Chapter 8: Can Social Innovation Transform Local Governments? The Experience of Naples
8.1 Introduction
8.2 What if Social Innovation Transforms Local Governments?
8.3 Naples as a Laboratory for Social Innovation in Southern Europe
8.4 Ex Asilo Filangieri in Naples
8.5 Concluding Remarks
References
Chapter 9: Fighting Against Monocultures: Wine-Growing and Tourism in the Veneto Region
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Wine-Growing and Production of Prosecco Wine in the Veneto Region
9.2.1 Some Economic Aspects
9.2.2 Land-Use Changes and Social Conflicts
9.2.3 Policy Implications
9.3 Tourism and the Right to Housing in the Historic City Centre of Venice
9.3.1 Context and the Tourism Phenomenon
9.3.2 Impact and Conflicts
9.3.3 Overcoming the “State of Emergency”: Which Policies?
9.4 Conclusions
References
Chapter 10: The Reconfiguration of Urban Movements and Politics in Lisbon
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Main Dilemmas Facing Contemporary Lisbon
10.2.1 The Crisis and Changes on Economic Paradigms
10.2.2 Real Estate Markets and Socio-spatial Inequalities
10.2.3 Climate Changes and Environmental Challenges
10.2.4 Ageing Population, Community Life and Civic Cultures
10.3 New Urban Movements
10.4 The Reconfiguration of Politics in Lisbon
References