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Marisol García Cabeza

  • marisolgarcia@ub.edu
  • Department of Sociology
  • Full professor
  • Diagional, 690, Torre 4 office 4105
  • +34 93 403 98 48
  • Personal website

Research interests:

Cities, Urban transformations, Governance, Effects of the economic crisis in urbanization, Urban regeneration and public spaces, Citizenship, New social inequalities, Immigration and patterns of social incorporation, Urban social justice, New forms of poverty and new social risks, Social innovation, Civil society and social innovation, Path dependence and institutional innovation, Social movements as innovation actors

Publications

  • Cano-Hila, A; Pradel-Miquel, M. García (2022) Citizenship practices and co-production of local social policies in Southern Europe.. Handbook of Urban Social Policy. International Perspectives on MultilevelGovernance and Local Welfare.. Book chapter. External link.
  • Marisol García (2023) Governance in contemporary metropolises: quo vadis the state?. Handbook of Urban Social Policies, Cheltenham. Book chapter.
  • Marisol García (2023) Local/urban democracy and citizenship. Research Handbook on Public Sociology. Book chapter. External link.
  • Brokking, P; García Cabeza,M; Vaiou, D and S. Vicari Haddock (2017) Housing and neighbourhood: basic needs, governance and social innovation.. In F. Martinelli, A. Anttonen and M. Mätzke (eds) Social Service Disrupted. Changes, Challenges and Policy Implications for Europe in Times of Austerity. Cheltenham. Edward Elgar: pp. 342-362. . Book chapter.
  • García Cabeza, M. & Vicari S. (2015) Special Issue: housing and community needs and social innovation responses in times of crisis. Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, Volume 31, pp, 1-15.. Article. External link.
  • García Cabeza, M. (2010) ‘The Breakdown of Spanish Urban Growth Model: Social and Territorial Effects of the Global Crisis’. International Journal of urban and Regional Research,.Volume 34 (4), pp: 967-80. . Article. External link.
  • Pradel-Miquel, M.; Cano-Hila, A.; García, M. (2020) Social Innovation and Urban Governance Citizenship, Civil Society and Social Movements. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. Book. External link.
  • García, M. (2020) Citoyenneté sociale et mouvements sociaux en réponse aux besoins en logement.. In: Micha I and Vaiou D (eds) La ville autrement: questions théoriques et outils méthodologiques. (Série Architecture, Énergie et Ingénierie, v. 3), London: ISTE editions, 121-146. ISBN 9781784056575. Book chapter.
  • Orum, A.M., (editor in chief), D.R. Judd, M. García Cabeza, P. Choon-Piew and B. Roberts (Eds.) (2019) ‘The Wiley-Blackwell encyclopedia of urban and regional studies’. (Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedias in Social Science), Hoboken: Wiley-Blackwell. 5 Vols.. Encyclopedia.
  • Moulaert, F., D. MacCallum, P.V.d. Broeck and M. García (2019) ‘Bottom-linked governance and socially innovative political transformation’,. In J. Howaldt, C. Kaletka, A. Schröder and M. Zirngiebl (Eds.), Atlas of Social Innovation. 2nd Volume: A World of New Practices, München: Oekom Verlag, (pp. 63-66). Book chapter.
  • García, M. and M. Tegelaars (2019) ‘Sociability’. In A. M. Orum, (editor in chief), D. R. Judd, M. García Cabeza, P. Choon-Piew and B. Roberts (Eds.), The Wiley-Blackwell encyclopedia of urban and regional studies, Hoboken: Wiley-Blackwell, (Vol. 4, pp. 1880-1884). Article.
  • Garcia, M. and M. Pradel Miquel (2019) ‘Bottom-linked approach to social innovation governance’. In P. Van den Broeck, A. Mehmood, A. Paidakaki and C. Parra (Eds.), Social innovation as political transformation. Thoughts for a better world, Cheltenham, UK; Northhampton, MA: Edward Elgar, (pp. 107-109). Book chapter.
  • García, M. (2019) ‘Citizenship and social innovation in Spanish cities’. In A. Afouxenidis, S. Gialis, T. Iosifides and E. Kourliouros (Eds.), Geographies in a liquid epoch : Critical essays for space, society and culture in honour of Lila Leontidou, Athens: Ekdóseis Propobos, (pp. 147-159). Book chapter.
  • García, M. (2019) ‘Barcelona’. In A. M. Orum, (editor in chief), D. R. Judd, M. García Cabeza, P. Choon-Piew and B. Roberts (Eds.), The Wiley-Blackwell encyclopedia of urban and regional studies, Hoboken: Wiley-Blackwell, (Vol. 1, pp. 93-98). article.
  • García, M. (2019) ‘Social Citizenship and Social Movements in Response to Housing Needs’. In I. Micha and D. Vaiou (Eds.), Alternative takes to the city, London;Hoboken, NJ: ISTE; Wiley, (pp. 101-124). Book chapter.
  • García, M. and M. Pradel Miquel (2019) Innovació social : diferents respostes de la ciutadania organitzada. Barcelona Metròpolis (112), 38-43. Article.
  • García, M. (2018) Book review: Cities and Crisis: New Critical Urban Theory. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research  Vol. 40(2) pp.472-473. Article.
  • García, M. (2018) Cities under economic austerity: the return of citizenship claims. In Y. A. Andreotti, D. Benassi and Y. Kazepov (eds) Western capitalism in transition. Global forces and local challenges. Manchester. Manchester University Press: pp. 173-190.. Book chapter.
  • Eizaguirre, S.; Pradel-Miquel, M.; García, M. (2018) Citizenship practices and democratic governance: ‘Barcelona en Comú’ as an urban citizenship confluence promoting a new policy agenda. in A. Zavos, P. Koutrolikou & D. Siatisa Changing Landscapes of Urban Citizenship, Routledge pp.47-61. Book Chapter.
  • Pradel Miquel, M.; García, Marisol (2018) El momento de la ciudadanía: innovación social y gobernanza urbana. Madrid: La Catarata. Book.
  • Garcia Ferrando, L.; García Cabeza, M. (2018) Ciudad inclusiva i social e institucionalment innovadora. a Pradel, M. y García, M. (eds.) El momento de la ciudadanía: innovación social y gobernanza urbana. Madrid: Los libros de la Catarata. pp.169-192.. Book chapter.
  • García, M. (2017) State-led real estate boosterism and the breakdown of the Spanish urban model. In Christelle Morel Journel and Gilles Pinson (eds) Debating the Neoliberal City. London. Ashgate, Human Geography Series: pp 174-197. Book chapter.
  • García, M. Brokking, P. Vaiou , D. and S. Vicari Haddock (2017) Housing and neighbourhood: basic needs, governance and social innovation. In F. Martinelli, A. Anttonen and M. Mätzke (eds) Social Service Disrupted. Changes, Challenges and Policy Implications for Europe in Times of Austerity. Cheltenham. Edward Elgar: pp. 342-362. Book chapter.
  • Cano, A.,  Pradel, M., and García, M. (2017) Barcelona: Policies for social cohesion in the context of urban competitiveness. in Cucca, R. and C. Ranci Unequal Cities: The challenges of post-industrial transition in times of austerity. pp. 115-137 London: Routledge. Book chapter.
  • Eizaguirre, S.; Pradel-Miquel, M.; García, M. (2017) Citizenship practices and democratic governance: ‘ Barcelona en Comú ’ as an urban citizenship confluence promoting a new policy agenda. Citizenship Studies vol. 21 num. 4 pp. 425.439. Article.
  • García, M. (2016) Book review: Can Tocqueville Karaoke? Global contrast of citizen participation, the arts and development. By Terry Nichols Clark et al. Bingley: Emerald, 2014. American Journal of Sociology Vol. 121(5) pp.1607-1609. Article.
  • García, M. (2016) Book review: Kuniko Fujita (ed) 2013: Cities and crisis; new critical urban theory. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research Vol. 40 (2) pp.472-473. Article.
  • García, M.; De Weerdt, J. (2015) Housing crisis: the Platform of Mortgage Victims (PAH) movememt in Barcelona and innovations in governance. Journal of Housing and Built Environment (co-author with Julie De Weerdt) pp, 1-23. Article.
  • Vicari Haddock, S.; García, M. (2015) ‘Special Issue: housing and community needs and social innovation responses in times of crisis’. Journal of Housing and Built Environment. pp, 1-15.. Article.
  • García, M.; Eizaguirre, S.; Pradel-Miquel, M. (2015) Social innovation and creativity in cities: A socially inclusive governance approach in two peripheral spaces of Barcelona. City Culture and Society vol. 6 num. 4 pp. 93-100. Article. External link.
  • García, M. (2013) Barcelone:régenération urbaine, culture, innovation sociale et gouvernance. Lefèvre, C, Roseau, N et Vitale, T.(eds) De la Ville à la Métropole,. Paris,L'Oeil d'Or, 2013.  pp. 287 - 303. Book chapter.
  • Pradel, M.; Eizaguirre, S. García, M. (2013) Theorizing multi-level governance in social innovation dynamics. in The International Handbook On Social Innovation. Collective Action, Social Learning and Transdisciplinary Research. Edited by Frank Moulaert. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing. pp. 155-168. Book Chapter.
  • Body-Gendrot, S.; García, M. , Mingione, E. (2012) Comparative Social transformations in Urban Regimes. in A. Sales, (Editor), Sociology Today: Social Transformations in a Globalizing World. L.A. London. Sage Studies in International Sociology. pp 359-378.. Book chapter.
  • Cano, A., García, M. (2012) Políticas de acción comunitaria en las periférias urbanas: Problemas de transferibilidad. Gestión y Política Pública. Volumen temático 2012, pp:131-157. Article.
  • Degen, M.; García, M. (2012) The Transformation of the ‘Barcelona model’: An Analysis of Culture, Urban Regeneration and Governance. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research. Volume 36 (5), pp:1022-1038.. Article. External link.
  • Eizaguirre, S.; Pradel-Miquel, M.; Terrones, A.; Martinez-Celorrio, X., García, M. (2012) Multilevel Governance and Social Cohesion: Bringing Back Conflict in Citizenship Practices. Urban Studies 49 (9): 1999-2016. Article.