Castán Broto, V. and Neves Alves, S. (2018) Intersectionality challenges for the co-production of urban services: notes for a theoretical and methodological agenda. Environment and Urbanization, 30 (2). pp. 367-386. ISSN 0956-2478
Abstract
The co-production of urban services, such as water, energy or sanitation, is a vital tool to advance service delivery and to challenge socioeconomic structures that reproduce urban inequalities. This article examines the crossovers between debates on intersectionality and the co-production of urban services. Intersectionality is a critical lens for an engaged critique of the dynamics of exclusion that may challenge service co-production. The paper draws attention to three key insights: 1) the need for an explicit questioning of processes to define vulnerability, particularly when they rely on bounded, fixed identity categories; 2) a recognition of the complex and multiple lived experiences of inequality and marginalization in any given context; and 3) a conceptualization of social identity as constituted through dynamic processes and always open to revision.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2018 International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED). This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Environment and Urbanization. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. Article available under the terms of the CC-BY-NC-ND licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). | ||||
Keywords: | Diversity; gender; intersectionality; recognition; service co-production; urban services | ||||
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield | ||||
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) | ||||
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Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield | ||||
Date Deposited: | 26 Sep 2018 09:51 | ||||
Last Modified: | 22 Apr 2021 10:03 | ||||
Status: | Published | ||||
Publisher: | SAGE Publications | ||||
Refereed: | Yes | ||||
Identification Number: | https://doi.org/10.1177/0956247818790208 |