Social Movements and Public Policies in Southern European Cities
Editors: Fregolent, Laura, Nel·lo, Oriol (Eds.)
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- Contributions from leading scholars in the field
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The book analyzes the impact of urban movements on government and public policies in a context of rapid urban transformations, public policy crises and increasing social inequalities. The essays show how the impact of the movements is increasing and has effects both in the orientation of the policies, as in their form of management and its effects. The authors are leading scholars from universities and research centers in Spain, Italy, Portugal, France, Germany and the United Kingdom.
- About the authors
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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 21st 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).
- Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Introduction: Social Change, Political Discontent, and Urban Movements in Southern European Cities
Pages 1-11
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Urban Movements and the Challenges of the European City
Pages 15-32
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From Protest to Program Berlin’s Anti-gentrification-Movement Since Reunification
Pages 33-52
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Making Sense of (New) Social Mobilisations, Conflicts and Contention in the Tourist City: A Typology
Pages 53-74
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The City, Local Conflicts and Public Policies
Pages 75-88
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Social Movements and Public Policies in Southern European Cities
- Editors
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- Laura Fregolent
- Oriol Nel·lo
- Series Title
- Urban and Landscape Perspectives
- Series Volume
- 21
- Copyright
- 2021
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Nature Switzerland AG
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-030-52754-9
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-030-52754-9
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-52753-2
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- VI, 179
- Number of Illustrations
- 3 b/w illustrations, 5 illustrations in colour
- Topics