This article investigates the relationship between social innovation, solidarity and experiences of socio-political activism at the urban level by researching local responses to the social crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic in Milan and Naples. The study analyses the role of some urban self-organised groups against the social effects of isolation and the dynamics of de-politicisation and re-politicisation underlying the governance of the emergency. In addition, it highlights how the extent of the crisis can, on the one hand, push towards unprecedented coalitions potentially able to re-politicise local governance and, on the other, promote a convergence towards the logic of the ‘post-welfare city’, which risks neutralising the innovative effect of the transformations.
L'articolo indaga il rapporto tra innovazione sociale, solidarietà ed esperienze di attivismo socio-politico a livello urbano con una ricerca sulle risposte locali alla crisi sociale data dalla pandemia di Covid-19 a Milano e Napoli. Lo studio ha messo in luce il ruolo di alcune realtà urbane autorganizzate nelle azioni di contrasto agli effetti sociali dell'isolamento e le dinamiche di depoliticizzazione e ri-politicizzazione sottese alla governance dell'emergenza. Inoltre, ha evidenziato come la portata della crisi possa da unlato spingere verso coalizioni inedite potenzialmente in grado di ri-politicizzare la governance locale e, dall'altro, promuovere una convergenza verso le logiche della ‘post- welfare city', che rischiano di neutralizzare il portato innovativo delle trasformazioni.
Dodaro, M., Mozzana, C., Anselmo, M. (2021). Social innovation, political activism and solidarity: insights from the pandemic crisis. TERRITORIO, 99(4), 61-66 [10.3280/TR2021-099009].
Social innovation, political activism and solidarity: insights from the pandemic crisis
Dodaro, M;Mozzana, C;
2021
Abstract
This article investigates the relationship between social innovation, solidarity and experiences of socio-political activism at the urban level by researching local responses to the social crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic in Milan and Naples. The study analyses the role of some urban self-organised groups against the social effects of isolation and the dynamics of de-politicisation and re-politicisation underlying the governance of the emergency. In addition, it highlights how the extent of the crisis can, on the one hand, push towards unprecedented coalitions potentially able to re-politicise local governance and, on the other, promote a convergence towards the logic of the ‘post-welfare city’, which risks neutralising the innovative effect of the transformations.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.