Conflictual actions in Montreal since 1980: Territorialized mobilizations at multiple scales
Over the past decades, economic restructuring and new forms of state regulation that accompany globalization, alongside the rise of megacities, have changed the face of urban agglomerations. Among the many impacts, two stand out: increasing social inequality and the worsening of environmental problems. Conflictual collective actions have contributed to revealing these impacts and to address their associated social challenges. In this article, we present elements of a synthesis derived from a review of conflictual events concerning social justice and the environment from 1980 to 2006 in Montreal. Our research project distinguishes between two types of collective actions: those that address general social problems and those that are focused more specifically on the city as such and on questions concerning urban life, municipal infrastructure and municipal administration.