The chapter has three objectives. The first is to discuss what is a socio-political psychology of the city. The second is to explore what can a socio-political psychology of the city offer for a better understanding of the processes and dynamics happening in—and about—the inner-city historical neighbourhoods, in particular those today under transformation through the powerful forces of urban renewal, gentrification, and turistification. These forces are not just making residents (re)construct their attachments to the transformed places, but also triggering processes and dynamics that express battles of ideas and citizenship about how to define the “urban common good” and who and what values should intervene in that definition. Finally, the third goal is to present some examples of a socio-political psychology of the city conducted in Lisbon, a city today highly affected by the forces of gentrification and touristification.

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Socio-political psychology,Battles of citizenship,Inner city