CONFLICT AND THE CITY

Conflicts around urban development and planning issues represent an important dimension of urban politics. Issues of social cohesion and democratic representation are all the more relevant in times when cities are undergoing a severe economic crisis and when local politics tends to meet its challenges with post-political responses. The relevance of local conflicts as moments of political mob ilization is particularly apparent as institutions and procedures of urban politics fall short of meeting the expectations of local communities...[Read more]