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Record Nr.

UNINA9910559800903321

Autore

Martínez Miguel A.

Titolo

Squatters in the capitalist city : housing, justice, and urban politics / / Miguel A. Martínez

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Taylor & Francis, 2020

New York : , : Routledge, , 2020

ISBN

1-315-71902-9

1-317-51474-2

1-317-51475-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (295 pages)

Collana

Housing and society series

Classificazione

ARC010000SOC026030

Disciplina

307.3/36

307.336

Soggetti

Squatter settlements - Political aspects - Europe

Housing - Political aspects - Europe

Squatters - Political activity - Europe

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Squatting as an urban movement -- Autonomy from capitalism -- Socio-spatial structures -- Types of squatting -- Anomalous institutions -- Criminalisation and counter-hegemony.

Sommario/riassunto

To date, there has been no comprehensive analysis of the disperse research on the squatters' movement in Europe. In Squatters in the Capitalist City, Miguel A. Martnez Lpez presents a critical review of the current research on squatting and of the historical development of the movements in European cities according to their major social, political and spatial dimensions. Comparing cities, contexts, and the achievements of the squatters' movements, this book presents the view that squatting is not simply a set of isolated, illegal and marginal practices, but is a long-lasting urban and transnational movement with significant and broad implications. While intersecting with different housing struggles, squatters face various aspects of urban politics and enhance the content of the movements claiming for a right to the city.' Squatters in the Capitalist City seeks to understand both the socio-spatial and political conditions favourable to the emergence and



development of squatting, and the nature of the interactions between squatters, authorities and property owners by discussing the trajectory, features and limitations of squatting as a potential radicalisation of urban democracy.