Urban movements and municipalist governments in Spain: alliances, tensions, and achievements

Figures & data

Table 1. A summary of main outcomes with significant quotes from interviewees.

	Outcomes	Municipalist views	Activist views
Barcelona	Access, agenda, policy, and output responsiveness	‘In case of [residential] precarious occupations, we offer to purchase and to relocate them.’ (B11_2017_City)	‘We exert pressure, […] make proposals and collaborate if they want to collaborate. Otherwise, we go public and protest.’ (B20_2017_PAH)
Madrid	Minimal policy responsiveness and outputs	‘We have been slow. And the prior privatisation of social housing has limited our resources.’ (M4_2018_City)	‘This government hasn’t had a specific and structural policy […] and has only provided solutions occasionally.’ (M16_2017_CSOA)
A Coruña	Policy responsiveness, minimal output	‘We have had several meetings with Stop Desahucios in order to mediate with banks, to talk about the social rent […] but the communication is not good yet.’ (A3_2018_City)	‘The main change we have seen relates to the attitude. […] We have direct contact with the councillor of social services.’ (A4_2017_PAH)
Cádiz	Compromise responses	‘The most we could do was to build or rehabilitate some blocks every year.’ (C3_2018_City)	‘We don’t have much contact. […] But I go together with the evicted families to the social services.’ (C4_2018_PAH)

Source: The authors, based on municipalist reports and interviews