Radical Municipalism offers a fresh perspective on the democratising capacity of the politics of the common in the transformation of public services, aiming to foster social change at the local level and beyond.
Building on a strong theoretical foundation and featuring 15 original case studies from Europe and the Americas, the chapters explore the challenges and possibilities of implementing common-based strategies. A unique and vital resource, this book is essential for scholars and activists interested in the democratic road to socialism as an alternative to capitalism.
Foreword – Ismael Blanco and Ricard Goma
1. Introduction – Iolanda Bianchi and Bertie Russell
Part I: Orientations
2. The Radical Municipalist Hypothesis – Bertie Russell, Laura Roth and Matthew Thompson
3. The Democratising Potential of the Politics of the Common – Iolanda Bianchi
Part II: Barcelona
4. Beyond Self-Management in Public-Common Partnerships: The Citizen Assets Programme – Iolanda Bianchi
5. Governing Jauja: Informality, Urban Bordering and Social Innovation in Barcelona – Carlos Delclós
6. Evolving Policy Communities for Public-Cooperative Housing Commons in New Municipalist Barcelona – Mara Ferreri and Lorenzo Vidal
7. Energy Commoning in Barcelona: A Review of Current Experiences – Anaïs Varo and Marco Aparicio Wilhelmi
8. Democratising Social Care. On Care Neighbourhoods in Barcelona – David Palomera and Angelina Kussy
Part III: Europe
9. Pharmaceuticals in Common? Public-Common Partnerships in the French Pharmaceutical Sector – Bertie Russell, Keir Milburn and Kai Heron
10. Is There Sunlight at the End of the Pipeline? Solarna Stara, a Commons in the Triangle of an Energy Cooperative, Local Communities, and the Municipality – Ana Džokić, Dragan Djunda and Marc Neelen
11. Recommoning Water: Terrassa’s Citizen-Driven Remunicipalisation – Dona Geagea, Maria Kaika and Jampel Dell’Angelo
12. Hacking ‘Technical’ Decision-Making as a New Municipalist Strategy: The Case of Neapolitan Urban Commons – Francesca De Tullio and Giuseppe Micciarelli
13. “Deutsche Wohnen & Co. Enteignen” in Berlin: Socializing Housing at a Large Scale – Isabel Feichtner, Susanne Heeg & Tim Wihl
Part IV: The Americas
14. The California Public Banking Movement – Thomas M. Hanna and Aaryaman Singhal
15. Social Control and Public Water: Transformative Participation in Cochabamba’s Water Remunicipalization – Nasya S. Razavi
16. Education As Commons in the Context of Poor Urban Peripheries: Social Management and Students’ Subjectivities in a Radical Educational Initiative in Rosario, Argentina – Marilín López Fittipaldi and Gabriel Silvestre
17. Commoning With and Against the State: Lessons From Ecuador’s Deep Periphery – Karin Friederic and Brian J. Burke
18. Conclusion – Iolanda Bianchi and Bertie Russell
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