. On Defeats and Triumphs in Exercising the Right to the City: Reflections Based on Recent Experiences in Cities in Argentina

RODRIGUEZ MARÍA CARLA; CANESTRARO MARIA LAURA; MARIANNE VON LUCKEN

Cities for all. Proposals and experiences towards the right to the city

Habitat International Coalicion

Lugar: Santiago; Año: 2010; p. 173 - 183

This research paper analyzes three experiences in Argentina’s largest cities (Buenos Aires, Córdoba and Mar del Plata) where the dispute over the right to the city is being carried out. Emphasis is placed on what Borja (2004) considers as one of the key dimensions of this process: the political-institutional structure, which provides the conditions towards the formalization, consolidation, and development of policies for their concretion. Temporary setbacks, defeats and triumphs demonstrate that the right to the city is essentially an arena of political conflict.