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Shaping the Inclusive City: Power Relations, Regulations, and the Role of Social Work

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  • Karine Duplan

    (School of Social Work Geneva, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland (HES‐SO), Switzerland / School of Social Sciences, University of Geneva, Switzerland)

  • Monica Battaglini

    (School of Social Work Geneva, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland (HES‐SO), Switzerland)

  • Milena Chimienti

    (School of Social Work Geneva, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland (HES‐SO), Switzerland)

  • Marylène Lieber

    (School of Social Sciences, University of Geneva, Switzerland)

Abstract

While being celebrated as the ideal of inclusiveness, cities also constitute the place of different types of discrimination, which some public policies intend to tackle. The “urban” has also been pointed out as the locus where vice and lust concentrate, leading public policies to develop regulations for public space aiming to maintain the social order of the city. This, in turn, contributes to the definition of the contours of urban moral economies, which are continuously shaped by processes of in/exclusion. Hence, crucial is the need to further explore how cities can be welcoming to their dwellers and newcomers, as well as the role public policies (have to) play in the vision of the future of an open and inclusive city. In so doing, social work is certainly called upon to play a major role based on its historical presence in cities and its know‐how in accompanying transitions. How does social work contribute to the definition of an inclusive city? By presenting new and original research that draws on various case studies as well as theoretical reflections across disciplines, this thematic issue aims to provide answers to this question to better understand the role of social work in the shaping of an open and inclusive city.

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  • Karine Duplan & Monica Battaglini & Milena Chimienti & Marylène Lieber, 2023. "Shaping the Inclusive City: Power Relations, Regulations, and the Role of Social Work," Social Inclusion, Cogitatio Press, vol. 11(3), pages 77-81.
    • Handle: RePEc:cog:socinc:v:11:y:2023:i:3:p:77-81
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    1. Karine Duplan, 2023. "What Would an Inclusive City for Gender and Sexual Minorities Be Like? You Need to Ask Queer Folx!," Social Inclusion, Cogitatio Press, vol. 11(3), pages 138-149.
    2. Arnaud Frauenfelder & Nasser Tafferant & Monica Battaglini, 2023. "A Residential Area at the Gates of the City: Controversies Surrounding “Quality of Life”," Social Inclusion, Cogitatio Press, vol. 11(3), pages 186-198.
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    5. Maxime Felder & Sahar Fneich & Joan Stavo-Debauge, 2023. "Social Workers and Irregular Migrants in the Assistance Circuit: Making Sense of Paradoxical Inclusion," Social Inclusion, Cogitatio Press, vol. 11(3), pages 116-127.
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