Urban commons and the local state : co-production between enhancement and co-optation
Bianchi, Iolanda (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Govern i Polítiques Públiques)
Pera, Marina (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Govern i Polítiques Públiques)
Calvet Mir, Laura (Institut d'Estudis Regionals i Metropolitans de Barcelona)
Villamayor Tomás, Sergio (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals)
Ferreri, Mara (Northumbria University. Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences)
Reguero, Núria (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Govern i Polítiques Públiques)
Maestre Andrés, Sara (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals)

Date:	2024
Abstract:	Urban commons have emerged within the latest mobilization cycle, and have developed forms of everyday politics. Marxist and social movement scholars tend to see the urban commons/local state interactions that assemble commons' material infrastructure as the prelude to commons being co-opted. Governance scholars uphold that these interactions can bring political benefits to the commons. By bridging these two perspectives, this article analyses urban commons/local state interactions that develop in the context of material-assembling practices in the light of what we call 'commons-led co-production': processes where commons gain political advantages from this co-production. By studying commons initiatives in two neighbourhoods in two different municipalities in the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona, we analyse and discuss a spectrum of five positions. We contend that material-assembling practices act as a condition of possibility for developing the everyday politics of the commons, where commons-led co-production can be laid out, in context-specific and variegated ways. However, the arrangement of commons-led co-production does not necessarily guarantee the long-term enhancement of commons' political action. We conclude by calling for a more nuanced understanding of urban commons/local state interactions within material-assembling practices, one that considers both co-optation and enhancement as possible long-term outcomes of these interactions.
Note:	Unidad de excelencia María de Maeztu CEX2019-000940-M
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió acceptada per publicar
Subject:	Co-production ; Collective action ; Local government ; Protest cycle ; Urban movements ; SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
Published in:	Territory, Politics, Governance, Vol. 12, Issue 9 (2024) , p. 1333-1352, ISSN 2162-268X

DOI: 10.1080/21622671.2022.2108491

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