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From Contention to Co‐governance: The Case of the Right to Inhabit Movement in Rome (2000–2013)
Author(s) -
Sehtman Alejandro
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
antipode
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.177
H-Index - 98
eISSN - 1467-8330
pISSN - 0066-4812
DOI - 10.1111/anti.12283
Subject(s) - articulation (sociology) , politics , state (computer science) , movement (music) , section (typography) , corporate governance , government (linguistics) , political economy , new right , public administration , political science , sociology , welfare , administration (probate law) , economy , law , economics , business , management , philosophy , linguistics , algorithm , computer science , advertising , aesthetics
Abstract Based on interviews with activists and local government officials and on secondary data, this paper analyzes the development and effects of the Roman Right to Inhabit Movement (RIM) from its origins till 2014. The first section describes the origins and characteristics of the new housing question in Rome. The second presents a brief genealogy of the RIM, paying special attention to how it has framed the housing question. The third describes the activities of the RIM by focusing on its interplay with the city politics and administration and the resulting changes in the housing policy of the city of Rome. The fourth section analyzes the modes of state regulation and of political articulation of the housing question that these transformations have brought about. The final section argues that these emerging arrangements are a significant example of how new forms of social protection are being created by urban movements after the neoliberal erosion of the welfare mechanisms.