This paper grapples with the state's response to contemporary urban movements. In light of
recent debates on the changing nature of urban movements, it presents an overview of the …

Grassroots responses and alternatives to austerity that have emerged in Athens and Greece
call for a re-thinking of the recent neoliberal crisis through articulations of contestation 'from …

In this article, we illustrate how Exarcheia, an Athenian neighbourhood that is renowned for
its capacity for revolt and anti-capitalist ethos, provides a rich site for utopian praxis …

The present study investigates the relation between urban form and the socio‐economic
patterns of the resident population in three southern E uropean cities (A thens, L isbon and …

Consumer research has focused on the various resources and tactics that help movements
achieve a range of institutional and marketplace changes. Yet, little attention has been paid …

The city is a paradoxical space, in theory belonging to everyone, in practice inaccessible to
people who cannot afford the high price of urban real estate. Within these urban spaces are …

When people inhabit a city, they situate themselves and are situated through the
intersections of infrastructure and technical systems, and the particular domains and …

Much of the critical discussion of the European political economy and the Eurozone crisis
has focused upon a sense that solidaristic achievements built up during the post-war period …

Sustainability transitions require structural and systemic changes. Transitions research
poses creative as well as analytical challenges due to high complexity and uncertainty …

This article departs from accounts that either deify Indignant Squares as a model for 21st
century political praxis or demonize them as apolitical/post-political crowd gatherings. By …