Protecting the Commons

Water, Culture, and Nature: The Commons Movement in the Italian Struggle against Neoliberal Governance

Datos Bibliográficos

ID4440281
AutoresUgo Mattei (0000-0002-4789-2873, autor de correspondencia)
Año2013
Volumen112
Número2
Páginas366-376
Fecha de publicación2013-04-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSouth Atlantic Quarterly (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0038-2876 • E-ISSN: 1527-8026
EditorialDuke University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1215/00382876-2020244
OpenAlexW2131211458
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas25
Referencias citadas3

This essay introduces the Italian commons social movement-a diverse coalition of scholars, jurists, politicians, and activists-central to the success of the 2011 water referendum. This essay attempts to provide the context for the struggles to protect commons goods in Italy, as well as the three-part strategy of social movements in deploying traditional political forums and mechanisms, illegal occupation, and contestation in courts of law. Access to common goods such as water, culture, and nature is fundamental to human life, and yet such access continues to be threatened by privatization policies. This essay provides a first-hand account from a scholar, lawyer, and activist central to the recent struggles for the common good and against such neoliberal policies taking place in Italy

Business · Commons · Context (archaeology) · Corporate governance · Geography · Law and economics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Referendum · Social movement · Sociology · Environmental law and policy · Law · Water Governance and Infrastructure