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The caring city? A critical reflection on Barcelona's municipal experiments in care and the commons.
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Urban Studies (Sage Publications, Ltd.) . Aug2023, Vol. 60 Issue 11, p2036-2053. 18p. - Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- There is an urgent need to develop a coherent political strategy to address the current crisis of care. Allocation of care through the market or the state leads to a care and democratic deficit. Organising care on the logic of the commons provides an alternative paradigm rooted in democracy and solidarity. Municipalism aims to build institutions to enable the commons; it represents a political strategy for the crisis of care at scale. In this paper we explore Barcelona en Comu 's experiments in care to build upon what has been termed 'care; municipalism'. Our case study focuses on domestic care work as a domain that reflects the core inequalities of the crisis. Through our analysis we have identified three key features of care municipalism: firstly, a feminist narrative of care; secondly, new forms of organising care and thirdly, building social infrastructures. The paper closes with a reflection on the limitations of Barcelona en Comu 's experiments in care from a perspective of the commons, before outlining a future research agenda to contribute towards more caring cities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00420980
- Volume :
- 60
- Issue :
- 11
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Urban Studies (Sage Publications, Ltd.)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 169855055
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/00420980221134191