[Kaupunkitutkimus] Fwd: Rethinking Urban Justice in European cities. Call for papers for the RC21 Leeds conference

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From: Yuri Kazepov <yuri.kazepov at univie.ac.at>
Date: 2017-03-05 19:54 GMT+02:00
Subject: Rethinking Urban Justice in European cities. Call for papers for
the RC21 Leeds conference
To: COMURB_R21 at listserv.gsu.edu


Dear Colleagues,



As you by now all know, the call for papers for the RC21 Conference in
Leeds (UK) (11-13 September 2017) is out. Sorry for almost spamming you…



We are looking for brilliant, innovative and challenging abstracts for the
following session:



*Rethinking Urban Justice in European cities. Between the neo-liberal turn
and the socio-innovation rhetoric*



European cities have been historically characterised by a strong
association between social cohesion, relatively high quality of life and
good economic performance. The strong influence of public institutions on
urban development in Europe as a whole – through (often national) welfare
policies and urban planning – has led to local contexts characterized by
lower levels of social inequalities and spatial segregation in comparison
to other counterparts in the world. However, European cities differ one
another and mirror differences in multilevel policy patterns,
socio-economic and socio-demographic structures characterising European
states.



Today in the wake of long-trend transformations associated with the
post-industrial transition, the demographic changes, welfare retrenchment
and – more recently – the economic and financial crisis affecting most
countries in Europe, European cities are under strong pressure. Such
transformations are indeed gradually affecting the territorial cohesion of
Europe. This is true in general, even though, consequences playout
dissimilarly in the different contexts, promoting the emergence of
distinctive patterns of economic, political and social development for
cities. Departing from the existing differences of the models emerged
during the post-war Thirty Glorious Years, but squeezed between reduced
state financial support and increasing social needs, some cities are
learning to socially innovate their policies. Other cities, instead, are
characterized by a stronger neo-liberal turn.



What are the consequences of these processes on inequality and social
justice in European cities?



What are the different developments of the “European City Model(s)”
resulting not only from “path dependent” dynamics but also of “path
shaping” agency?



Papers might want to disentangle the relationship between specific
multilevel governance arrangements on the one side, and the ability of
local institutions in dealing with new social needs and problems in
innovative ways.



The deadline for abstracts is *Friday, 10 March 2017*



You should send them by email to RC21 at leeds.ac.uk  *AND* to
roberta.cucca at univie.ac.at



For further details, please see the conference website
https://rc21leeds2017.wordpress.com/



Looking forward to receive your abstracts,



All the best



*Roberta Cucca*, University of Vienna roberta.cucca at univie.ac.at



*Yuri Kazepov*, University of Vienna yuri.kazepov at univie.ac.at