Law, Social Movements and the Politics of the Commons

Auteur

Veronica Pecile is an Affiliated Researcher at Lucernaiuris - Institute for Interdisciplinary Legal Studies at the University of Lucerne, Switzerland.

Texte du rabat

This book reinterprets the notion of the commons by tracing how it has been mobilised in the aftermath of economic crisis.

Contenu

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