Urban Movements and Planning: An analysis of Bicycle Advocacy Organizations in Quito-??Ecuador

Description: This work critically analyses the influence of urban movements in urban policy. Due to the apparent succes of bicycle advocacy organizations in effecting the urban policy agenda of Quito-Ecuador, the documents examines the evolutions of these groups and their strategies over time. Drawing on a genealogy of these movements and on a narrative enquiry, the study explores how participating in urban politics impacts their members. Ultimately, the study finds out that considering the evolution (re-creation) of political subjects provides rich understanding regarding to urban movements strategies and organizational forms, wich might contribute to complement structurall analysis of urban movements and therefore to the way they are becoming critical actors in urban planning.