Marinaleda is a rural municipality in Andalusia, Spain, internationally known for its long-standing experiment in municipal self-governance, direct democracy, and cooperative economy. Since the late 1970s, the town has been governed through open assemblies where residents collectively decide on land use, housing, and public policies. Communal land ownership, worker cooperatives, and strong social participation form the basis of Marinaleda’s model, making it a paradigmatic case of radical municipalism and grassroots democracy within a formal state framework.
| Creation date | 1979 |
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| Topics | Commons, Democracy, Economy, Social justice, Land Use |
| Context | Rural |
| Typology | Municipalism |
| Languages | Spanish; Castilian |
| Thematics | Radical Democracy |