Le cooperative sociali, una proposta italiana per contrastare l’ingiustizia spaziale

Social cooperatives. An Italian proposal to oppose spatial injustice. Social cooperatives, with their organization and close connection with the territory, constitute a substantial support for the protection of disadvantaged areas and their communities. Developed with the point of view of “solidarity geography”, this research has a far reaching focus but in this paper we mainly consider some case studies in Emilia, highlighting two important strategies to fight spatial injustice: the mechanisms of economic compensation in favor of problematical territories and the reuse of abandoned spaces for their regeneration. The implementation of these strategies often get to compensate for some spatial injustices and to stimulate an increase of spatial justice, exploring the opportunities of some determined areas and their potential social capital.