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- Urban citizenship(s) in Lisbon: examining the case of MourariaPublication . Carmo, Andre; Estevens, AnaDuring the last couple of years it has been possible to witness the progressive commodification of Lisbon. The adoption of neoliberal strategies of urban development – oriented towards competitiveness and aimed at putting Lisbon at the forefront of the international metropolitan group – has contributed to the reshaping of its landscape. The organization of flagship events, privatization of public spaces and development of local policies oriented towards the promotion of creative industries, and the increasing relevance that various forms of tourism have assumed, illustrate well the path that has been followed. However, expressions of urban citizenship against this destructive trajectory have emerged, showing that the urban development of Lisbon is a contentious process and has to face multiple strategies of resistance. In this paper we look at three expressions of citizenship in Mouraria, a neighbourhood located in the historical centre of Lisbon, in which the tensions and contradictions between neoliberal urbanism and urban citizenship take place.
- The place of recuperation: limits and challenges of urban recovery in post-austerityPublication . Mendes, Luís; Carmo, AndréThis chapter begins with a description of how neoliberal urbanism has been inscribing itself into the Portuguese urban landscape, and discusses the role played by the state in this process. It focuses on the analysis of the new urban lease regime as a practice of neoliberal urbanism in Portugal, which promotes eviction, displacement and residential segregation. Among the most relevant instruments for this process to take place, one finds the new urban lease regime, in Portuguese, the novo regime do arrendamento urbano (NRAU). Concomitantly, urban neoliberalism has spread across the globalising world through the entrepreneurialisation of local governments, the privatisation of public services and the commodification of urban spaces. The chapter concludes that the emergence of social movements is a manifestation of post-austerity fixing-up, intending to function as recuperation agents that redefine the realm of possibilities, generate specific meanings for social alternatives, and make certain experiences and narratives more viable in the post-crisis scenario.