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

• Duplan, Karine ^[3] ; Battaglini, Monica ^[1] ; Chimienti, Milena ^[1] ; Lieber, Marylène ^[2]
  1. [1] University of Applied Sciences and Arts

     University of Applied Sciences and Arts

     Distrito de Hildesheim, Alemania

     
  2. [2] Université de Genève

     Université de Genève

     Genève, Suiza

     
  3. [3] School of Social Work Geneva, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland (HES‐SO), Switzerland / School of Social Sciences, University of Geneva, Switzerland

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• Localización: Social Inclusion, ISSN-e 2183-2803, Vol. 11, Nº. 3, 2, 2023 (Ejemplar dedicado a: In/Exclusive Cities: Insights From a Social Work Perspective), págs. 77-81
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  • 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.