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Author:   Ismael Blanco (Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona) ,  Ricard Goma (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) ,  Laura Roth ,  Matthew Thompson (University College London (UCL))
Publisher:   Bristol University Press
Imprint:   Bristol University Press
ISBN:  

9781529236903

ISBN 10:   1529236908
Pages:   300
Publication Date:   26 February 2026
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  General
Format:   Hardback
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Table of Contents

Foreword - Ismael Blanco and Ricard Gomá 1. Introduction to ‘Radical Municipalism and the Politics of the Common’ - Iolanda Bianchi and Bertie Russell Section 1: Radical Municipalism and the Common 2. The Radical Municipalist Hypothesis - Bertie Russell, Laura Roth, Matthew Thompson 3. The Democratising Potential of the Politics of the Common- Iolanda Bianchi Section 2: The Politics of the Common under New Municipalism in Barcelona 4. De-terriotrialising and Re-Territorialising Management Modalities of the Local State: The Patrimoni Ciutadá - Iolanda Bianchi 5. Governing Jauja: Informality, Urban Bordering and Social Innovation in Barcelona - Carlos Delclós 6. The Social Housing Cooperative Scheme in Barcelona - Mara Ferreri, Lorenzo Vidal 7. Energy Commoning in Barcelona: A Review of Current Experiences - Anais Varo, Marco Aparicio 8. Democratising Social Care: Analysis of the Care Neighbourhoods Initiative in Barcelona - David Palomera and Angelina Kussy Section 3: The Politics of the Common: Europe 9. Between Self-Help and Communing: Swiss Housing Cooperatives in Times of Crisis - Ross Beveridge, Phillip Koch 10. Pharmaceuticals in Common? Public-Common Partnerships in the French Pharmaceutical Sector - Bertie Russell, Keir Milburn and Kai Heron 11. Public-public Partnerships after Remunicipalisation: Rural Perspectives in the (politics of the) Local Commons in Sprendlingen-Gensingen - Laura Stegemann 12. The Terrassa Water Observatory: Changing the Course of Decision-Making - Miriam Planas, Edurne Bagué 13. Hacking ‘technical’ Decision-Making as a New Municipalist Strategy. The Case of Neapolitan Urban Commons - Francesca de Tullio and Giuseppe Micciarelli Section 4: The Politics of the Common: Americas 14.The California Public Banking Movement - Thomas Hanna 15. Social Control and Public Water: Transformative Participation and Cochabamba’s Water Remunicipalisation - Nasya Razavi 16. Municipalization of Politics: Prefiguration and Counter-Logistics in the Construction of the Public Food Company in Rosario - Leandro Minuchin, Rocío Novello, Alejandro Gelfuso, Toni Salinas 17. The ‘Radical’ Democratization of Water in Augusto Saldívar and Belén, Paraguay - Juan Merida and Elida Villalba 18. Social Management and the Right to Education: Towards New Municipalist Practices in the Context of Poor Urban Peripheries in Rosario - Gabriel Silvestre and Marilin Lopez 19. Conclusion - Iolanda Bianchi and Bertie Russell

Reviews

“Grounded in post-crisis new municipalist experiences, this excellent collection fuses Poulantzas's democratic socialism with commons-based solutions for democratic alternatives beyond capitalism"", Andrew Cumbers, University of Glasgow. ""Radical Municipalism illuminates how towns and cities can reclaim public services, reorganize economies, and democratize power, prefiguring a hopeful post-capitalist future rooted in proximity and collective self-government"", Joan Subirats, Emeritus University of Barcelona.

“Grounded in post-crisis new municipalist experiences, this excellent collection fuses Poulantzas's democratic socialism with commons-based solutions for democratic alternatives beyond capitalism"", Andrew Cumbers, University of Glasgow.

Author Information

Iolanda Bianchi is an urban and political sociologist. Her research focuses on the interplay between public and collective action at the urban scale and examines how this interplay generates governance, policy and social change to achieve more just, equitable and democratic cities. She currently holds a Ramón y Cajal Research Fellowship at the University of Barcelona. Bertie Russell is a senior research fellow at the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology (ICTA), Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona. His work focuses on ecosocial transition, alternative organisation and the politics of the common. He is co-director of Abundance, promoting public-common strategies to democratise the economy and support a just ecological transition.

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