Mediterranean inequalities. Territorialization of inclusion and exclusion processes

This volume has been developed in the framework of the International Associated Laboratory (LIA) MediterraPolis "Urban spaces, mobility, citizenships. Southern Europe and the Mediterranean, 15th-21st centuries", funded by CNRS (France). The LIA aims to study and explore changes in Mediterranean urban areas, mapping the impact of exogenous and endogenous phenomena on the territory using comparative tools and a multilevel analysis. Modern and contemporary historians, sociologists, demographers, urban planners, geographers and anthropologists collaborate with and take part in the LIA with the aim of developing a multidisciplinary and long-term approach to the study of urban phenomena in Southern Europe in relation to the Mediterranean. The book presents a series of papers that demonstrate some of the manifold aspects of inequality in Mediterranean social systems, in an attempt to identify the challenges but also opportunities for implementing inclusive pathways towards growth. By using multidisciplinary approaches, we aim to identify elements of convergence and divergence in dynamics of exclusion and inequality, referring to a variety of temporal and spatial contexts at both national and local levels and including a comparative perspective.