
Mine Islar
Senior Lecturer, Docent

Grassroots practices of citizenship and politicization in the urban : the case of right to the city initiatives in Barcelona
Author
Summary, in English
This article aims to produce an analysis of the politicization of the citizens after Spain’s Indignados movement from a citizenship framework. The article suggests that claiming the right to the city involves more than issues of access to urban amenities: it is also about claiming the right to participate in the formation and transformation of the city and the right to appropriate the city center. This positions these rights within the larger issue of citizenship by defining it as a collective practice rather than a state-sanctioned status. Our analysis is based on the empirical evidence derived from the semi-structured interviews, politicians’ speeches, information based on media resources and official websites, and participant observation during three months of fieldwork in Barcelona in 2016.
Department/s
- LUCSUS (Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies)
Publishing year
2018-07-04
Language
English
Pages
491-506
Publication/Series
Citizenship Studies
Volume
22
Issue
5
Document type
Journal article
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Topic
- Political Science (excluding Peace and Conflict Studies)
Keywords
- claiming citizenship
- political agency
- right to the city
- Social movements
Status
Published
Project
- Ecological citizen and right to the city movements in Europe
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 1362-1025