[P2P-F] draft of a report on urban commons transitions

Thu Nov 16 12:37:14 CET 2017

my reflections, with Vasilis Niaros, on the experience, which we wrote in
the summer, manuscript at https://docs.google.com/document/d/
10EprOpoIimqipGpBBBxLKhjEe6xqLNhoHz3SVGL6PYE/edit#

for others who might be interested:

Changing Societies through Urban Commons Transitions

By Michel Bauwens and Vasilis Niaros

Contents

Executive Summary 2
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1. The Centrality of Urban Commons in the Social-Ecological Transition 7
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/10EprOpoIimqipGpBBBxLKhjEe6xqLNhoHz3SVGL6PYE/edit#heading=h.abmd36lg963i>

1.1. Understanding the global conjuncture in which urban commons emerge 8
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1.1.1. Placing the re-emergence of urban commons in a ‘material’ historical
context 8
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1.1.2. The political conjuncture for the urban commons as locus for
societal change 12
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/10EprOpoIimqipGpBBBxLKhjEe6xqLNhoHz3SVGL6PYE/edit#heading=h.5bji08qmxyg9>

1.1.3. The role of the commons in reducing the material footprint of
humanity 13
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1.1.4. The challenge of meaningful work in the age of Trumpism 15
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1.2. The challenge of urban commons for the actors in the city 15
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/10EprOpoIimqipGpBBBxLKhjEe6xqLNhoHz3SVGL6PYE/edit#heading=h.m2xmqh4bjrgu>

1.2.1. Contributory democracy as a challenge to representative democracy 15
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/10EprOpoIimqipGpBBBxLKhjEe6xqLNhoHz3SVGL6PYE/edit#heading=h.fxky5ioeopd0>

1.2.2. The generative economy as a challenge to market power 16
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/10EprOpoIimqipGpBBBxLKhjEe6xqLNhoHz3SVGL6PYE/edit#heading=h.jqhf3fk7fgqb>

1.2.3. The commons as a challenge to traditional civil society organisations
17
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2. Recent Developments in Urban Commons Transitions 18
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2.1. Grassroots initiatives in urban commons transitions 18
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/10EprOpoIimqipGpBBBxLKhjEe6xqLNhoHz3SVGL6PYE/edit#heading=h.fi77xctbsoxf>

2.1.1. Developments in the Global North 18
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/10EprOpoIimqipGpBBBxLKhjEe6xqLNhoHz3SVGL6PYE/edit#heading=h.m6m0e3z1ify0>

2.1.2. Developments in the Global South 19
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/10EprOpoIimqipGpBBBxLKhjEe6xqLNhoHz3SVGL6PYE/edit#heading=h.7o2njnk9z5lb>

2.1.3. The Assemblies of the Commons as the ‘voice’ of the commoners 20
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/10EprOpoIimqipGpBBBxLKhjEe6xqLNhoHz3SVGL6PYE/edit#heading=h.n6tvimtohs82>

2.2. Commons-oriented municipal coalitions 22
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/10EprOpoIimqipGpBBBxLKhjEe6xqLNhoHz3SVGL6PYE/edit#heading=h.kvzc8b5sxiel>

2.2.1. The rationale for our case study choices 22
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2.2.2. The city of Barcelona 23
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/10EprOpoIimqipGpBBBxLKhjEe6xqLNhoHz3SVGL6PYE/edit#heading=h.2xzg3d64j6en>

2.2.3. The city of Bologna 26
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/10EprOpoIimqipGpBBBxLKhjEe6xqLNhoHz3SVGL6PYE/edit#heading=h.8ybpnt54sjac>

2.2.4. The city of Naples 28
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/10EprOpoIimqipGpBBBxLKhjEe6xqLNhoHz3SVGL6PYE/edit#heading=h.lryilkp9bjgu>

2.2.5. The city of Milan 29
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/10EprOpoIimqipGpBBBxLKhjEe6xqLNhoHz3SVGL6PYE/edit#heading=h.t0cr3g8zomqr>

2.2.6. The city of Frome 30
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/10EprOpoIimqipGpBBBxLKhjEe6xqLNhoHz3SVGL6PYE/edit#heading=h.xvkyp31ovlkw>

2.2.7. The city of Ghent 31
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/10EprOpoIimqipGpBBBxLKhjEe6xqLNhoHz3SVGL6PYE/edit#heading=h.ofl1t11by0pr>

3. Towards a Coherent Institutional Design for Public-Commons Partnerships
35
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3.1 The basic concepts underlying public-commons partnerships 35
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3.2 How is the Commons Transition Plan in Ghent related to the FLOK Society
Project in Ecuador? 37
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3.3 A three-pronged strategy for the commons transition 38
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3.4. An institutional design for the city administration 39
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/10EprOpoIimqipGpBBBxLKhjEe6xqLNhoHz3SVGL6PYE/edit#heading=h.tj1dyks4lev8>

3.5. Other proposals 41
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3.6. Towards a global infrastructure for commons-based provisioning 44
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Acknowledgments 45
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References 45
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