Discutere lo spazio.Come le pratiche partecipative toscane dividono la controversia rispetto alla localizzazione di una moschea a Firenze

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ID8239595
AutoresJulien O’miel (autor de correspondencia), Julien O'Miel, Julien Talpin
Año2013
Número3
Páginas5-29
Fecha de publicación2013-12-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaPARTECIPAZIONE E CONFLITTO (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1972-7623 • E-ISSN: 2035-6609
EditorialFranco Angeli (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.3280/paco2013-003001
OpenAlexW2065106027
IdiomaIT
Citas recibidas4
Referencias citadas22

While participatory democracy is often presented as a means for public authorities to channel conflict in setting up top-down deliberative initiatives, the study of a bottom-up participatory process offers a much complex picture, shedding a new light on the articulation between participation and conflict in the public sphere. The paper presents the results of an ethnographic study of a participatory process that took place in Florence in 2011-2012 at the request of the Muslim community of the city, using a disposition of the Regional law for participation. As a matter of fact, deliberation managed to bring down the tensions around the project of construction of a mosque that could have, as it happened in many other European cities, resulted in a harsh conflict over the symbolic appropriation of the territory. It worked so well that the absence of conflict resulted in very limited participation and discussion in the local public sphere, failing to create a shared legitimate output such as the localization of the future religious center. Despite such failure, the participatory process also fostered the empowerment of the Florentine Muslim community that witnessed the emergence of new leaders and a broader public recognition of its civic status in the city. This indirect outcome of the process could constitute a crucial resource for the future battles over the construction of the mosque. This study therefore confirms the need to study together the policy, the politics and the microfoundations of participatory democracy to understand fully its consequences. Only when all these elements are analyzed together can the effects of participation be adequately understood

Appropriation · Articulation (sociology · Citizen journalism · Deliberation · Democracy · Economics · Empowerment · Microfoundations · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Public sphere · Sociology · Historical and Environmental Studies · Italian Social Issues and Migration · Urban Planning and Valuation · Law · Public Administration