1st Edition
Law, Social Movements and the Politics of the Commons Cases from the Italian South
By Veronica Pecile
Copyright 2025
130 Pages
by
Routledge
130 Pages
by
Routledge
130 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book reinterprets the notion of the commons by tracing how it has been mobilised in the aftermath of economic crisis.
In a period of widespread activism against the privatisation of resources and services implemented through austerity policies, the reconceptualisation of property as a non-absolute and non-individualistic institution has attracted a great deal of attention. Drawing on the... Read more
Introduction: the commons under strain 1. The mobilisations for the commons in Palermo in the 2010s 2. On the politics of the commons: beni comuni as an empty signifier and Southern Italian neoliberalism 3. What does property have to do with this? Mistrust towards the law and ways out of it 4. Legal forms to the test of the Southern Italian commons: a non-proprietary ownership? Conclusion
Biography
Veronica Pecile is an Affiliated Researcher at Lucernaiuris - Institute for Interdisciplinary Legal Studies at the University of Lucerne, Switzerland.
