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A City Against Established Powers: Neomunicipalism in Naples
In the wake of the infamous 2008 “garbage emergency”, Naples voted for a municipalist Mayor and city council, which embarked on an ambitious policy of remunicipalisation and participatory urban democracy. But cities remain isolated in their confrontation with established powers and with the austerity imposed on them by the European Union and national governments.
