Urban movements and democratization in the city: a proposal for analysis

<p>This article is based on an in-depth study of three cases (Barcelona, Pamplona and Bilbao) and it tries to present a more current portrayal of urban movements from a theoretical perspective. To that aim, it brings into the same analytical framework the contributions of both the American and...

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Main Authors: Imanol Telleria Herrera, Igor Ahedo Gurrutxaga
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Asociación Española de Ciencia Política y de la Administración (AECPA) 2016-03-01
Series:Revista Española de Ciencia Política
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Online Access:https://recyt.fecyt.es/index.php/recp/article/view/38534
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description <p>This article is based on an in-depth study of three cases (Barcelona, Pamplona and Bilbao) and it tries to present a more current portrayal of urban movements from a theoretical perspective. To that aim, it brings into the same analytical framework the contributions of both the American and European schools study of social movements. A proposal is presented that gives applied content to this sui generis political actor by taking into account variables such as the structure of political opportunity (EOP), organizational forms, repertoires of action and discursive frameworks. We believe that urban movements have evolved gaining more access to the political system. They have benefited from the new opportunities offered by local governance (EOP) and have encouraged participatory processes. These participatory processes, built from the communitarian methodology (repertoires) are intended to promote a democratic management of the city (speech), by means of network logic (organization) which seeks to restructure the society, as a first step towards increasing their influence on urban policies.</p>
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spelling doaj.art-3bf62ea3f8b24b87836e8e981320f9fe2022-12-21T22:01:37ZengAsociación Española de Ciencia Política y de la Administración (AECPA)Revista Española de Ciencia Política1575-65482173-98702016-03-0104031374Urban movements and democratization in the city: a proposal for analysisImanol Telleria Herrera0Igor Ahedo GurrutxagaUniversidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea<p>This article is based on an in-depth study of three cases (Barcelona, Pamplona and Bilbao) and it tries to present a more current portrayal of urban movements from a theoretical perspective. To that aim, it brings into the same analytical framework the contributions of both the American and European schools study of social movements. A proposal is presented that gives applied content to this sui generis political actor by taking into account variables such as the structure of political opportunity (EOP), organizational forms, repertoires of action and discursive frameworks. We believe that urban movements have evolved gaining more access to the political system. They have benefited from the new opportunities offered by local governance (EOP) and have encouraged participatory processes. These participatory processes, built from the communitarian methodology (repertoires) are intended to promote a democratic management of the city (speech), by means of network logic (organization) which seeks to restructure the society, as a first step towards increasing their influence on urban policies.</p>https://recyt.fecyt.es/index.php/recp/article/view/38534movimientos urbanosciudadgobernanzadesarrollo comunitario
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Urban movements and democratization in the city: a proposal for analysis
Revista Española de Ciencia Política
movimientos urbanos
ciudad
gobernanza
desarrollo comunitario
title Urban movements and democratization in the city: a proposal for analysis
title_full Urban movements and democratization in the city: a proposal for analysis
title_fullStr Urban movements and democratization in the city: a proposal for analysis
title_full_unstemmed Urban movements and democratization in the city: a proposal for analysis
title_short Urban movements and democratization in the city: a proposal for analysis
title_sort urban movements and democratization in the city a proposal for analysis
topic movimientos urbanos
ciudad
gobernanza
desarrollo comunitario
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