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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786457803321

Titolo

The squatters' movement in Europe : commons and autonomy as alternatives to capitalism / / edited by Claudio Cattaneo and Miguel A. Martínez ; Thomas Aguilera [and sixteen others], contributors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Pluto Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-78371-041-1

1-84964-930-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (288 p.)

Disciplina

307.336

Soggetti

Squatter settlements - Europe

Squatters - Europe

Europe

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Squatting Europe Kollective"--Cover.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : Squatting as an alternative to capitalism / Claudio Cattaneo and Miguel A. Martínez -- Squatting as a response to social needs, the housing question and the crisis of capitalism / Miguel A. Martínez and Claudio Cattaneo -- 'The fallow lands of the possible' : an enquiry into the enacted criticism of capitalism in Geneva's squats / Luca Pattaroni -- The right to decent housing and a whole lot more besides : examining the modern English squatters movement / E.T.C. Dee -- The power of the magic key : the scalability of squatting in the Netherlands and the United States /Hans Pruijt -- 'Ogni sfratto sarà una barricata' : squatting for housing and social conflict in Rome / Pierpaolo Mudu -- Squats in urban ecosystems : overcoming the social and ecological catastrophes of the capitalist city / Salvatore Engel Di Mauro and Claudio Cattaneo -- Squatting and diversity : gender and patriarchy in Berlin, Madrid and Barcelona / Azozomox -- Unavoidable dilemmas : squatters dealing with the law / Miguel A. Martínez, Azozomox and Javier Gil.