Towards a new perspective on the role of the city in social movements

City ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 220-235 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raffael Beier
Keyword(s):  
Social Movements ◽  
New Perspective ◽  
The City

How ‘Democratic’ Was the Pauline Ekklēsia? An Assessment with Special Reference to the Christ Groups of Roman Corinth

2019 ◽  
Vol 65 (3) ◽  
pp. 289-309 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. L. Welborn
Keyword(s):  
Social Relations ◽  
Political Institutions ◽  
First Century ◽  
Proper Understanding ◽  
House Churches ◽  
New Perspective ◽  
New Research ◽  
Epigraphic Evidence ◽  
The City

Several recent studies have argued for the importance of democratic practices and ideology for a proper understanding of the issues and debates reflected in Paul's Corinthian correspondence. This new perspective stands in tension with older scholarship which emphasised the role of patronage in the structure and dynamics of the house churches that made up the ekklēsia of Christ-believers at Corinth. This essay draws upon new research into the political sociology of Greek cities in the early Empire, which highlights evidence of the continuing vitality of democratic assemblies (ekklēsiai) in the first and second centuries, despite the limitations imposed upon local autonomy by Roman rule. Special attention is devoted to the epigraphic evidence of first-century Corinth, whose political institutions and social relations were those of a Roman colony. The essay seeks to ascertain whether the politics of the Christ groups mimicked those of the city in which they were located or represented an alternative.

When a Social Movement Quarantines: The Power of Urban Memory in the 2019 Chilean Anti-neoliberal Uprising

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 286-292
Author(s):  
Manuela Badilla Rajevic
Keyword(s):  
Social Movements ◽  
Collective Action ◽  
Social Movement ◽  
Social Interactions ◽  
Spatial Dimension ◽  
Hygienic Measures ◽  
Alternative Spaces ◽  
The City

This article reflects on the connections between space, social movements, and urban memory by analyzing the effects of quarantine on the massive Chilean anti-neoliberal movement. It explores two aspects of the quarantine that have unsettled and challenged the spatial dimension of collective action: restrictions on transit through the city and the imposition of hygienic measures on infrastructure and social interactions. The article suggests that these aspects represent a concrete threat to social movements, while at the same time push to strengthen alternative spaces and repertoires of action. It concludes by illustrating the role of urban memories on the potential continuity of the mobilizations and their demands.

When social movements collaborate with the state towards the right to the city: Unveiling compromises and conflicts

2021 ◽  
pp. 0308518X2098161
Author(s):  
Morgana G Martins Krieger ◽  
Marlei Pozzebon ◽  
Lauro Gonzalez
Keyword(s):  
Social Movements ◽  
The State ◽  
Right To The City ◽  
Exchange Value ◽  
Building Housing ◽  
Governmental Institutions ◽  
The Right ◽  
Operational Processes ◽  
The City

The right to the city represents a critique of the city as a place and an object of capitalist accumulation, in which priority is given to exchange value over use value. This critique references an ongoing and collective struggle for urban production to be radically democratic, as the expanded participation of city users would lead to appropriation, with social movements occupying a central role. This paper discusses the practices of urban social movements that cooperate with governmental institutions participating in and influencing the design and implementation of public policies. We focus on the possibilities of transformation towards the right to the city as well as the conflicts and contradictions that social movements face when partnering with the State. We carry out an in-depth investigation of two social movements involved in building housing units in Brazil as part of a federal government programme. By conceptually translating the right to the city into the economies of worth, we propose an original theoretical approach. Our study contributes to advance the understanding of the role of social movements that collaborate with governments without abandoning the goal of struggling for the right to the city. We add a pragmatic perspective to the radical conception of the right to the city by showing how different logics of action enable or hinder the possibility of the right to the city horizon. We propose that the prominence of the civic common world might transform operational processes mainly through self-management.

scholarly journals Miasto jako dobro wspólne czy suma prywatnych własności? O polskiej kwestii miejskiej w kontekście działalności ruchów miejskich

2020 ◽  
pp. 477-492
Author(s):  
Paweł Kubicki
Keyword(s):  
Social Movements ◽  
Social Change ◽  
Public Discourse ◽  
Private Property ◽  
Urban Social Movements ◽  
Social Actors ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The City

The article discusses two ideas of the city in the Polish public discourse: the city as a commons and its antithesis – the city as the sum of private property. In the first part of the article, the author analyses the processes in which both ideas were developed. In the second part of the article the author analyses the role of Polish urban social movements, which are one of the few social actors that discussed the idea of the city as a commons when Polish public discourse was dominated by neoliberal dogmas in which the city was reduced to the sum of private property. In conclusion, according to Victor Turner’s concept of social change, the author analyses the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the reception of both ideas in Polish public discourse.

scholarly journals Spaces of becoming - Space shapes public and public (re)shapes their own spaces

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vaishali Aggarwal ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Social Movements ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
City Development ◽  
Role Of Government ◽  
Public Media ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Right ◽  
The City

Fights over the ‘right to the city’ have emphasized the interests of the four main actors within the city development of India since the first cases of revolting social movements in Delhi. The four actors can be classified as the social movements, the public, media and the government. The case of India Gate in Delhi is illustrative not only of how the differences between the actors come into surface, but of also of how these actors change their priorities, their stance and their tools, in order to secure their position in the city. Many scholars have analysed the role of social movements and how it evolves in the process. But what about the role of government as an entity that is in between the interests of social movements, public and media? How and why do they change their stance when a movement takes place? What are their limitations? The India Gate case can give the answers to these questions, as it examines the multiple transformations of this space over time. This paper emphasizes on the idea of Space. How space shapes public and public (re)shape their own spaces. India gate. This space has been stuck between the idea of being a space or a branded space. It was assumed that media plays a prominent role in acting like a watchdog in democracies, but this paper looks at how media if used rightfully can be forced for a good in oppressive regimes and therefore, a vigilant and alert media can act as an external trigger or an emergency- wake up call for the youth of India to take the cause of freedom seriously. Rightfully as put up by Ritish (2012), an external event or issue may allow for the manifestation of a flash fandom in the form of flash activism. Since, social movement’s needs mass media attention for amplification of their claims, the media also join the movements too create the news. Lastly, the consequences of the media coverage for social movements, in terms of organisation, reaching political change and obtaining favourable public opinion is comprehended in three different case studies.

scholarly journals #Vem pra rua_Santa Maria: movimentos sociais em rede, mobilização social e usos do Facebook em ações de protesto │ #Vem pra rua_Santa Maria: Social movements network, social mobilization and the role of Facebook in protest activities

2014 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Liliane Dutra Brignol
Keyword(s):  
Social Movements ◽  
Online Social Networks ◽  
Sense Of Belonging ◽  
Online Social Network ◽  
Rio Grande ◽  
Rio Grande Do Sul ◽  
Development Evaluation ◽  
The City ◽  
Santa Maria

RESUMOO artigo busca refletir, a partir da teoria dos movimentos sociais, sobre as mobilizações que ganharam repercussão no mês de junho de 2013 no Brasil. Para isso, parte de uma observação exploratória em ações de protesto na cidade de Santa Maria, região central do Rio Grande do Sul, sua construção, experimentação e repercussão em eventos no Facebook, de modo a entender o papel das redes sociais online nas lógicas das mobilizações sociais contemporâneas. Foram combinadas estratégias de observação online e offline, aliadas a entrevistas com participantes das manifestações. A análise permite discutir sobre como o Facebook é apropriado para construir uma pauta plural de reivindicações, refletir sobre suas formas de ação, colocar em contato diferenças, criar sentimentos de pertença e vínculos entre sujeitos com posicionamentos diversos e, ainda, construir dinâmicas de interação e visibilidade para as ações de protesto. Tais lógicas obrigam a repensar o campo de estudo dos movimentos sociais.Palavras-chave: Rede; Movimentos sociais; Redes sociais online; Ações de protesto; Facebook.ABSTRACT This article proposes to analyze, based on the theory of social movements, the mobilizations that obtained attention in June 2013 in Brazil. Based on the observation of protest activities in the city of Santa Maria, in the central region of Rio Grande do Sul, it examines their development, evaluation and consequences in Facebook, as a means to gain an overall understanding of the role of online social networks within the logic of contemporary social movements. Interviews with protests participants were combined with online and offline strategic observations. The analysis indicates a discussion on how Facebook is used to construct  a plural agenda of demands, to reflect upon forms of action, articulate exchanges between opposites, to create a sense of belonging and a link between subjects with different opinions, as well as to build dynamic interaction and visibility for the protest activities. This particular situation requires reconsidering the theoretical field on social movements.Keywords: Networks; Social movements; Online social network; Protest activities; Facebook.

Bombay’s European Community During the Interwar Period

2019 ◽  
pp. 77-96
Author(s):  
Douglas E. Haynes
Keyword(s):  
World War I ◽  
Interwar Period ◽  
Associational Life ◽  
Social Clubs ◽  
Parallel Processes ◽  
Political Dominance ◽  
Indian Nationalism ◽  
New Perspective ◽  
The City

This essay explores the ways Europeans in interwar Bombay sustained their cultural identity as a distinct ethnic group despite the impermanent character of their residence in the city, their dispersed settlement patterns over much of southern Bombay, and the decline of their political dominance in the context of Indian nationalism. The essay particularly points to the creation of an intense sociality centered around social clubs, parties, and jazz performances. It also stresses the role of European associational life and the role of sports (for instance, cricket, hunting, yachting and golf) to the production of a continued sense of community and identity. By suggesting that the context of declining European power was critical to the ways Europeans reproduced their community, this essay contributes to the emergence of a new perspective on South Asian urban history that suggests that historians must abandon the concept of the colonial city during the post- World War I period. Europeans were now just one community in a city of communities that were undergoing parallel processes of making and remaking.

Is a snake scarier than a gun? The ontogenetic–phylogenetic dispute from a new perspective: The role of arousal.

Emotion ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 726-732 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andras Norbert Zsido ◽  
Anita Deak ◽  
Laszlo Bernath
Keyword(s):  
New Perspective

Wenn stadtpolitische Bewegungen das Terrain des Staats betreten

2018 ◽  
Vol 48 (191) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan Diesselhorst
Keyword(s):  
Social Movements ◽  
City Government ◽  
Housing Policies ◽  
Hierarchical Decision Making ◽  
Urban Social Movements ◽  
State Apparatus ◽  
Hierarchical Decision ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The City

This article discusses the struggles of urban social movements for a de-neoliberalisation of housing policies in Poulantzian terms as a “condensation of the relationship of forces”. Drawing on an empirical analysis of the “Berliner Mietenvolksentscheid” (Berlin rent referendum), which was partially successful in forcing the city government of Berlin to adopt a more progressive housing policy, the article argues that urban social movements have the capacity to challenge neoliberal housing regimes. However, the specific materiality of the state apparatus and its strategic selectivity both limit the scope of intervention for social movements aiming at empowerment and non-hierarchical decision-making.

PROBLEMS OF STRAY ANIMALS IN NOVOSIBIRSK

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 85-91
Author(s):  
Elena E. Rinchinova ◽  
Diyara A. Takumova ◽  
Irina I. Bochkareva
Keyword(s):  
Urban Population ◽  
Domestic Animals ◽  
Legal Documents ◽  
Quantitative Indicators ◽  
The City

The article discusses main issues of organizing activities for the treatment of stray and street animals in the city of Novosibirsk. The important role of successful solving the problem of stray animals in ensuring environmental comfort and safety of the urban population is noted. Definitions of the concepts “stray animals” and “street animals” are given, the differences between them are emphasized. The main regulatory and legal documents governing the handling of stray and street animals are listed. The ways in which domestic animals get into a stray state are described briefly. The results of the collection and analysis of information on the activities of shelters for stray animals in Novosibirsk are described. The information on the quantitative indicators of the shelters are given. Conclusions on how to solve the problem of stray animals, relying on the latest regulations are drawn.

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