Henri Lefebvre

Reclaiming Urban Space, Recovering Citizenship

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ID15030906
AuthorsScott Roulier (0009-0005-6484-2033, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume25
Issue3
Pages595-613
Publication date2022-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueTheory & Event (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1092-311X • E-ISSN: 2572-6633
PublisherProject MUSE (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1353/tae.2022.0029
OpenAlexW4286809685
LanguageEN
Citations received3

The "right to the city," as first announced by Henri Lefebvre, is a direct challenge to the current allocation, use and governance of urban spaces. This essay seeks to demonstrate that in addition to expanding our conventional conception of rights, Lefebvre also proposes a new understanding of citizenship. This concept of citizenship simultaneously undermines the Westphalian system's cramped view of citizenship as legal membership in a particular nation state—emphasizing, instead, the vital link between citizenship and inhabitance—and promotes a more robust model in which citizens manage their own urban spaces. While expressing support for Lefebvre's basic goals, the essay critically examines proposals to extend urban citizens' self-management of their city to a right to participate in any decision—even those of multinational corporations and other nation states––whose policies may impact the city

Citizenship · Corporate governance · Economics · Environmental ethics · Law and economics · Management · Multinational corporation · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Right to the city · Sociology · State (computer science · French Urban and Social Studies · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Philosophy · Political Systems and Governance

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