Del 19 - Research in Urban Sociology

Reimagining the Urban Commons in Italy

Reform, Social Innovation, and Transformation

Inbunden, Engelska, 2025

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Building and expanding on the literature of case studies of urban commons that have emerged which question the development of urban commons theories and concepts and identify results and contradictions, this edited collection progresses our understanding of the different aspects, characteristics, challenges, contradictions and potential of the urban commons in Italy.Presenting different case studies of urban commons and socially innovative and democratic practices in Italian cities, the chapters analyse the different contexts and specific political and socio-economic needs that are being addressed. Uncovering the motivations, discourse and actions of the different actors involved as well as the dynamics among them, the authors investigate negotiating with commons actors and the state involving conflict, negotiation and collaboration, as well as the relationship with the surrounding urban environment and local institutions and how they intertwine. In which ways do the urban commons and their socially innovative governance challenge the urban development model? In which manners do urban commons initiatives advance the right to the city? How do territorial and local communities contribute to the creation and diffusion of social innovation, recognising its structuring effect?With chapters written by scholars with expertise in urban studies, sociology and political science, this collection is a multidisciplinary effort needed to fully understand an evolving phenomenon in social sciences. It is an important contribution to theoretic debates on the urban commons in Italy, wider Europe, and beyond.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2025-12-12
Mått152 x 229 x 17 mm
Vikt435 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieResearch in Urban Sociology
Antal sidor248
FörlagEmerald Publishing Limited
ISBN9781836626077

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Introduction; Marco Alberio and Charmain LevyChapter 1. The ‘Expressive’ Function of Urban Commons; Antonio PutiniChapter 2. Unveiling “Opposition and Territorial Commoning”: Insights from the Self-Managed Places of Rome; Simone RanocchiariChapter 3. Commons as Utopias of Care: The Case of the Social Centre Lucha; Ilaria PittiChapter 4. The Commons as a Form of Urban Citizenship: From Post-Capitalist Resistance to Community Cohesion in Bologna; Charmain Levy, Marco Alberio, and Anna Rita PariniChapter 5. A Fleeting Utopia: Artistic Imagination and the Ephemerality of the Commons in Turin; Marco Rossi and Antonio VescoChapter 6. A School as a Common: How Community Participation Can Improve a Public Service and Transform it into a Common; Chiara BelingardiChapter 7. Communities and Common Consciousness: Exploring Commonalities for Pionta Park; Francesca Bianchi and Gozde YildizChapter 8. Shared Administration of the Commons and the Challenge of Urban Nature: The Case Study of Bologna; Roberta Bartoletti and Franca FaccioliChapter 9. Rethinking Top-Down Approaches in the Ethics of Co-Design: The Case of Reggio Emilia Collaborative Governance Model; Irene Manzini Ceinar, Nicoletta Levi, and Giulia SgarbiChapter 10. Regeneration of Urban Commons and the Role of Culture: Bologna as a Case Study; Giulia Allegrini, Teresa Carlone, and Roberta PaltrinieriChapter 11. Renewable Energy Communities: What Transformative Potential for Local Areas?; Domenica Farinella and Monica Musolino

This collective work offers an international audience a richly documented and analytical study of urban commons in Italy, in all their diversity and inventiveness. It is a major contribution to the global debate on commons, conceived in their dual dimension of conflict and construction. Since the Rodotà Commission, Italy has become a vast laboratory for urban commons. This book is the best testimony to date, both scientifically and in terms of its commitment. Italian cities are the scene of a vital struggle between capitalist control (speculation, gentrification, overtourism) and the citizenship of the commons. It is this struggle that gives this scientifically rigorous book its universal dimension.