Civil Society as Protagonist in the Production of Cities: A New Paradigm for Urbanism in the 21st Century? At this point, the objective of this research is to analyse contemporary experiences to find out to what extent this new and complex organization of current urban society can generate not only closed and recluse spaces, but also new trends to strengthen social ties and urbanity itself, and to identify the steps and paths through which it is possible to expand that kind of action.