Analysing Social Cohesion through the Concepts of Shared Citizenship and Cogovernance. Insights into Two Case Studies of Social Streets

Journal title SOCIOLOGIA URBANA E RURALE
Author/s Giulia Ganugi, Riccardo Prandini
Publishing Year 2022 Issue 2022/127
Language Italian Pages 17 P. 137-153 File size 306 KB
DOI 10.3280/SUR2022-127011
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This contribution aims at investigating the development of social cohesion at a local scale through the dimensions of collective engagement and shared responsibility. The conceptual framework is applied to two Social Streets with a qualitative methodology. The results high-light the contingency of collective engagement and shared responsibility, the genesis of epi-sodes of social cohesion and the importance of reflective interfaces between community and institutional actors.

Keywords: social cohesion, engagement, responsibility, social streets, qualitative methodology, urban practices.

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Giulia Ganugi, Riccardo Prandini, Problematizzare la coesione sociale urbana attraverso l’engagement collettivo e la responsabilità condivisa. I casi di due Social Street italiane in "SOCIOLOGIA URBANA E RURALE" 127/2022, pp 137-153, DOI: 10.3280/SUR2022-127011