The Limits of the right to the city as a prism to understand urban conflicts: collective action and language of rights in the Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires

Abstract

This paper aims to explore possible meanings of the right to the city concept within the frame of shared meanings of a number of urban social movements that do not explicitly voice this notion. Through qualitative research and in-depth interviews, we have found some elements that make us doubt its conceptual and explanatory relevance to understand these organization’s demands. Instead, we propose to analyze these grievances as the expression of a language of rights.