Social Movements and Public Policies in Southern European Cities

Introduction. Urban crisis, citizens’ action and social conflict (Laura Fregolent and Oriol Nel·lo).- Part 1. Urban crisis, neoliberal policies and social conflict. Chapter1. Austerity policies, social cleavages and urban segregation (Jorge da Silva Macaísta Malheiros).- Chapter2. Urban commoning movements: Confronting spatial injustices in the city of crisis (Stavros Stavrides).- Chapter 3. The housing question (Andrej Holm).- Chapter 4.  Our city is not for sale! Protest, resistance and social mobilisations in the tourist city: a typology (Claire Colomb).- Part 2. Citizens action, institutional change and public policies. Chapter 5. The city belongs to us!”. Claiming social rights and urban citizenship in the face of urban renewal programs in two French cities (David Giband).- Chapter 6. Can social innovation be the answer? The role of citizen action in the face of increasing social segregation (Ismael Blanco).- Chapter 7. Public policies and political change (Francesco Indovina). 

Laura Fregolent. Architect and urban planner. Department of Architecture and Arts, Università Iuav di Venezia. Co-Director Archivio di Studi Urbani e Regionali. Author: Conflitti e territorio (Milano, FrancoAngeli, 2014); Città e politiche in tempi di crisi, (Milano, FrancoAngeli, 2014); Growing Compact (Milano, FrancoAngeli, 2016).

Oriol Nel·lo. Geographer. Department of Geography, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. President, Advisory Committee Barcelona’s Pla de Barris (Neighborhood Plan). Author: La ciudad en movimiento (Madrid, Díaz & Pons, 2015), Cities in the 21^st Century (New York, Routledge, 2016, with R. Mele), Barrios y Crisis. Crisis económica, segregación urbana e innovación social en Cataluña (Valencia, Tirant lo Blanch, 2018, with I. Blanco).