Crisis de la gobernanza urbana y gestión de los comunes

Abstract

The short path of the experiences of urban governance in our contexts contrasts with the broad development of theories and political discourse on the benefits of this “new” form of government. Its democratic discredit has been clearly linked to priority commitment of the government in favor of economic, financial and real estate groups as influential actors in policy networks, relegating social organizations in the territory to the anecdotal and marginal area. The effects of this policy, apart from urban areas could also be applied to other fields, has led to a significant depletion of the commons in our society that it is urgent to stop.
Urban movements, along with other social movements, aware of this situation, aim lately to a reflection that breaks with the public-private pairing, not only in relation to a specific social space, but with a broader management of so-called commons. In this line, some authors associated with these networks, are already talking about democracy commons. The objective of this paper is, first, to order some questions about the process that led to these reflections, and secondly, to identify some of the ways that theoretical and practical level open for community work or territorial collective action of such movements.