ISBN
978-1447371151Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Policy PressISBN
978-1447371175Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Policy PressISBN
978-1447371175Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Policy Press
Commons, Citizenship and Power
Since the 2010s, populism and illiberal politics have been on the rise. Demagogue leaders preach simplified rhetoric to vilify the powerless, polarising city and rural areas and sparking such shocking events as the US insurrection on 6th January 2021.
This interdisciplinary book argues for a politics of representativity and accountability to help transform people’s experiences, showing that where they live matters and, therefore, so do they.
This book demonstrates how place-based politics can draw on, and benefit from, collective local knowledge, rather than deferring to a nameless central government. Analysing democratic theory and using rich case studies, from protest movements to citizens’ assemblies it shows how it can return a sense of control to the people.
“Another Europe is possible beyond right-wing populism. This book brilliantly makes the case for ‘commoning populism’ and ‘positive placeism’ – the democratic potential of local progressive populism and policies for the commons. Combining innovative theoretical insights, experiments and examples of top-down policy failures, the book decisively identifies a way forward for a democratic sustainable development.” Patrick Le Galès, Sciences Po
Filippo Barbera is Professor of Economic Sociology at the CPS Department of the University of Turin, and Fellow at the Collegio Carlo Alberto.
Emma Bell is Professor of Contemporary British Politics at the University of Savoie Mont Blanc.
1.Reclaiming place from the margins - Filippo Barbera and Emma Bell
2.Reclaiming control: populism and the question of democratic disenfranchisement - Paolo Gerbaudo
3.Democratic regeneration through commons-based populism - Alexandros Kioupkiolis
4.Creating a ‘cooperative commonwealth’: populism in the US in the 1890s - Jean-Louis Marin-Lamellet
5.Citizenship beyond the nation state: reclaiming place through radical democracy - Emma Bell
6.Analysing the territorial roots of discontent: between anger and silent protests - Sébastien Bourdin and André Torre
7.Policies sensitive to people in places: rationale, implementations, adversaries - Fabrizio Barca
8.Endogenous and imported populism vs. local citizenship in marginalised and remote places of Europe - Ayhan Kaya, Anna Krasteva and Andrea Membretti
9.Restanza and the power of attachment in a Welsh slate valley - Lowri Cunnington Wynn, Julie Froud and Karel Williams
10.Community wealth building as a counter to right-wing reactionary politics: place-based democratisation of the economy to tackle rising inequality - Sarah McKinley
11.A requiem for ‘levelling up’? - John Tomaney, Andy Pike, Danny Mackinnon and Sanne Velthuis
12.Local citizenship for an inclusive local democracy - Stella Rodrigues Lallement
