Social ecology and the right to the city : towards ecological and democratic cities

Cities Today Are Increasingly At The Forefront Of The Environmental And Social Crisis, And Are Both A Major Cause But Also A Potential Solution. Across The World A New Wave Of Urban Social Movements Are Arising: Movements Fighting Hostile Immigration Policies, Misogynistic Culture, Ecological Devastation, And Social Exclusion; Movements Building Economic, Social, And Political Alternatives Based On Solidarity, Equality And Participation.-- Part 1: Discovering Social Ecology -- Legacy Of Murray Bookchin / Brian Morris -- Social Ecology; A Philosophy For The Future / Dan Chodorkoff -- Critique Of The Limits To Growth From A Social Ecology Perspective / Emet Degirmenci -- Part 2: Engaging With The Right Of The City -- Is The Right To The City A Right Or A Revolution? / Magali Fricaudet -- Moving Beyond The Right To The City: Urban Commoning In Greece / Theodoros Karyotis -- Reconceptualising Rights And Spatial Justice Through Social Ecology / Federico Venturini -- Part 3: Kurdish Answer: Democratic Confederalism -- Evolution Of The Kurdish Paradigm / Havin Guneser With Eleanor Finley -- Democratization Of Cities In North Kurdistan / Ercan And Egit Pale -- Part 4: Transforming Social Theory -- We Need A New Theory Of The State? / Metin Guven -- Direct Democracy, Social Ecology, And Public Time / Alexandros Schismenos -- Present Is Pregnant With A New Future / Olli Tammilehto -- Part 5: Walking With The Right To The City -- Squatting As Claiming The Right To The City / Diana Bogado, Noel Manzano And Marta Solanas -- Rights Begin In The Small Places Closest To Home: A Story From Constitution Street / Jenna Neville. Edited By Federico Venturini, Emet Değirmenci, Inés Morales. Includes Bibliographical References. Issued Also In Electronic Format.

Cities today are increasingly at the forefront of the environmental and social crisis—they are simultaneously a major cause and a potential solution. Across the world, a new wave of urban social movements is rising to fight against corporate control, social exclusion, hostile immigration policies, gender oppression, and ecological devastation. These movements are building economic, social, and political alternatives based on solidarity, equality, and participation. This anthology develops the debates that began at the recent Transnational Institute of Social Ecology's (TRISE) conference about the dire need to rebuild the social and political realities of our world's cities. It discusses the prospects of radical urban movements; examines the revolutionary potential of the concept of "the Right to the City, " and looks at how activists, scholars, and community movements can work together towards an ecological and democratic future. A fruitful conversation between theory and practice, this book opens new ground for rethinking systemic urban change in a way that challenges oppression and transforms how people work, create, and live together.

"Cities today are increasingly at the forefront of the environmental and social crisis, and are both a major cause but also a potential solution. Across the world a new wave of urban social movements are arising: movements fighting hostile immigration policies, misogynistic culture, ecological devastation, and social exclusion; movements building economic, social, and political alternatives based on solidarity, equality and participation."-- Résumé de l'éditeur