Description:
Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.
How are urban social movements engaging in local politics to tackle the multiple crises in Europe?
This timely volume explores how grassroots actors across eleven European cities forge new forms of solidarity and enact citizenship at local scales. Drawing on rich ethnographic research, it examines how activists and communities challenge neoliberal isolation and marginalization through collective practices, ranging from community kitchens to tenant organizing. Bridging research on migration, housing and care, the book investigates how everyday urban struggles are reshaping political practices and reimagining democracy. It offers essential insights for scholars and practitioners of social justice, citizenship and urban politics.
Brief description: Helge Schwiertz is Acting Professor of Sociological Theory at the University of Hamburg.
Review Quotes:
'Enacting Citizenship and Solidarity offers a powerful vision of bottom-up democracy and citizenship, inspired by struggles for justice, care and belonging.' Harald Bauder, Toronto Metropolitan University
'A rich and timely exploration of how care, solidarity and citizenship are enacted in Europe's neighbourhoods. This book redefines urban politics through everyday practices of mutual aid and communing - a must-read for urban, migration and social movement scholars alike.' Felipe G. Santos, City St George's, University of London and author of 'Social Movements that Care: Empathy, Solidarity, and Empowerment in the Fight Against Evictions'