The Squatters Movement In Europe

Author : Squatting Europe Kollective
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Housing
ISBN : 1849649308

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The Squatters' Movement in Europe by Squatting Europe Kollective Pdf

The Squatters' Movement in Europe is the first definitive guide to squatting as an alternative to capitalism. It offers a unique insider's view on the movement - its ideals, actions and ways of life. At a time of growing crisis in Europe withhigh unemployment, dwindling social housing and declining living standards, squatting has become an increasingly popular option. The book is written by an activist-scholar collective, whose members have direct experience of squatting: many are stillsquatters today. There are contributions from the Netherlands, Spain, the USA, France, Italy, Germany, Switzerland and the UK. In an age of austerity and precarity this book shows what has been achieved by this resilient social movement, which holdslessons for policy-makers, activists and academics alike.

Author : Claudio Cattaneo,Miguel A. Martínez
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : PHILOSOPHY
ISBN : 178371042X

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The Squatters' Movement in Europe by Claudio Cattaneo,Miguel A. Martínez Pdf

Author : . Squatting Europe Kollective,Claudio Cattaneo,Miguel A. Martínez López
Publisher : Pluto Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2014-05-20
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0745333958

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The Squatters' Movement in Europe by . Squatting Europe Kollective,Claudio Cattaneo,Miguel A. Martínez López Pdf

The Squatters' Movement in Europe is the first definitive guide to squatting as an alternative to capitalism. It offers a unique insider's view on the movement – its ideals, actions and ways of life. At a time of growing crisis in Europe of high unemployment, dwindling social housing and declining living standards squatting has become an increasingly popular option. The book is written by an activist-scholar collective, of which all members have direct experience of squatting and many are still squatters today. There are contributions from Holland, Spain, the USA, France, Italy, Germany, Switzerland and the UK. In an age of austerity and precarity this book contributes with in-depth reflections and practical examples of what has been achieved by this resilient social movement, which holds lessons for policy makers, activists and academics alike.

Author : Squatting Europe Kollective
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2012-10
Category : History
ISBN : 1570272573

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Squatting in Europe by Squatting Europe Kollective Pdf

"Squatting offers a radical but simple solution to the crises of housing, homelessness, and the lack of social space that mark contemporary society: occupying empty buildings and rebuilding lives and communities in the process. Squatting has a long and complex history, interwoven with the changing and contested nature of urban politics over the last forty years. Squatting can be an individual strategy for shelter or a collective experiment in communal living. Squatted and self-managed social centres have contributed to the renewal of urban struggles across Europe and intersect with larger political projects. However, not all squatters share the same goals, resources, backgrounds or desire for visibility. Squatting in Europe aims to move beyond the conventional understandings of squatting, investigating its history in Europe over the past four decades. Historical comparisons and analysis blend together in these inquiries into squatting in the Netherlands, Italy, Spain, France, Germany and England. In it members of SqEK (Squatting Europe Kollective) explore the diverse, radical, and often controversial nature of squatting as a form of militant research and self-managed knowledge production"--Publisher's description

Author : Bart van der Steen,Ask Katzeff,Leendert van Hoogenhuijze
Publisher : PM Press
Page : 463 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2014-09-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781604869910

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City Is Ours by Bart van der Steen,Ask Katzeff,Leendert van Hoogenhuijze Pdf

Squatters and autonomous movements have been in the forefront of radical politics in Europe for nearly a half-century—from struggles against urban renewal and gentrification, to large-scale peace and environmental campaigns, to spearheading the antiausterity protests sweeping the continent. Through the compilation of the local movement histories of eight different cities—including Amsterdam, Berlin, and other famous centers of autonomous insurgence along with underdocumented cities such as Poznan and Athens—The City Is Ours paints a broad and complex picture of Europe’s squatting and autonomous movements. Each chapter focuses on one city and provides a clear chronological narrative and analysis accompanied by photographs and illustrations. The chapters focus on the most important events and developments in the history of these movements. Furthermore, they identify the specificities of the local movements and deal with issues such as the relation between politics and subculture, generational shifts, the role of confrontation and violence, and changes in political tactics. All chapters are written by politically-engaged authors who combine academic scrutiny with accessible writing. Readers with an interest in the history of the newest social movements will find plenty to mull over here. Contributors include Nazima Kadir, Gregor Kritidis, Claudio Cattaneo, Enrique Tudela, Alex Vasudevan, Needle Collective and the Bash Street Kids, René Karpantschof, Flemming Mikkelsen, Lucy Finchett-Maddock, Grzegorz Piotrowski, and Robert Foltin.

Author : Miguel Martinez
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2019-08-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317514749

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Squatters in the Capitalist City by Miguel Martinez Pdf

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. Martínez López 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.

Author : Alexander Vasudevan
Publisher : Verso Books
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2023-01-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781839767937

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The Autonomous City by Alexander Vasudevan Pdf

A radical history of squatting and the struggle for the right to remake the city The Autonomous City is the first popular history of squatting as practised in Europe and North America. Alex Vasudevan retraces the struggle for housing in Amsterdam, Berlin, Copenhagen, Detroit, Hamburg, London, Madrid, Milan, New York, and Vancouver. He looks at the organisation of alternative forms of housing—from Copenhagen’s Freetown Christiana to the squats of the Lower East Side—as well as the official response, including the recent criminalisation of squatting, the brutal eviction of squatters and their widespread vilification. Pictured as a way to reimagine and reclaim the city, squatting offers an alternative to housing insecurity, oppressive property speculation and the negative effects of urban regeneration. We must, more than ever, reanimate and remake the urban environment as a site of radical social transformation.

Author : Miguel A. Martínez López
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2018-12-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1349957933

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The Urban Politics of Squatters' Movements by Miguel A. Martínez López Pdf

This volume sheds light on the development of squatting practices and movements in nine European cities (Madrid, Barcelona, Seville, Rome, Paris, Berlin, Copenhagen, Rotterdam and Brighton) by examining the numbers, variations and significant contexts in their life course. It reveals how and why squatting practices have shifted and to what extent they engender urban movements. The book measures the volume and changes in squatting over various decades, mostly by focusing on Squatted Social Centres but also including squatted housing. In addition, it systematically compares the cycles, socio-spatial structures and the political implications of squatting in selected cities. This collection highlights how squatters’ movements have persisted over more than four decades through different trajectories and circumstances, especially in relation to broader protest cycles and reveals how political opportunities and constraints influence the conflicts around the legalisation of squats. p>

Author : Nazima Kadir
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1784994103

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The Autonomous Life? by Nazima Kadir Pdf

This book is an ethnographic study of the internal dynamics of a subcultural squatting community that defines itself as a social movement.

Author : Pierpaolo Mudu,Sutapa Chattopadhyay
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2016-07-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781317375760

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Migration, Squatting and Radical Autonomy by Pierpaolo Mudu,Sutapa Chattopadhyay Pdf

This book offers a unique contribution, exploring how the intersections among migrants and radical squatter’s movements have evolved over past decades. The complexity and importance of squatting practices are analyzed from a bottom-up perspective, to demonstrate how the spaces of squatting can be transformed by migrants. With contributions from scholars, scholar-activists, and activists, this book provides unique insights into how squatting has offered an alternative to dominant anti-immigrant policies, and the implications of squatting on the social acceptance of migrants. It illustrates the different mechanisms of protest followed in solidarity by migrant squatters and Social Center activists, when discrimination comes from above or below, and explores how can different spatialities be conceived and realized by radical practices. Contributions adopt a variety of perspectives, from critical human geography, social movement studies, political sociology, urban anthropology, autonomous Marxism, feminism, open localism, anarchism and post-structuralism, to analyze and contextualize migrants and squatters’ exclusion and social justice issues. This book is a timely and original contribution through its exploration of migrations, squatting and radical autonomy.

Author : E. T. C. Dee
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2020-11-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1716424410

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Harde Noten by E. T. C. Dee Pdf

Ten people who have squatted in or around Rotterdam were asked four questions. The questions were as follows: 1/ When did you start squatting? 2/What did squatting help you accomplish? 3/ Got a good story from your squatting times? 4/ How do you see the squatting movement now?

Author : Lynn Owens
Publisher : Amsterdam University Press
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789089640598

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Cracking Under Pressure by Lynn Owens Pdf

"An investigation of the squatters' movement in Amsterdam, which emerged in the late 1970s as a reaction to the housing shortage of the 1960s, peaked in the early 1980s, and then fell into a period of prolonged decline. Focuses on issues relating to the decline of social movements"--Provided by publisher.

Author : Udo Grashoff
Publisher : UCL Press
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2020-02-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781787355217

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Comparative Approaches to Informal Housing Around the Globe by Udo Grashoff Pdf

Comparative Approaches to Informal Housing Around the Globe brings together historians, anthropologists, political scientists, sociologists, urban planners and political activists to break new ground in the globalisation of knowledge about informal housing. Providing both methodological reflections and practical examples, they compare informal settlements, unauthorised occupation of flats, illegal housing construction and political squatting in different regions of the world. Subjects covered include squatter settlements in Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan, squatting activism in Brazil and Spain, right-wing squatting in Germany, planning laws and informality across countries in the Global North, and squatting in post-Second World War UK and Australia.

Author : Ngai Ming Yip,Miguel Angel Martínez López,Xiaoyi Sun
Publisher : Springer
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2018-10-13
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789811317309

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Contested Cities and Urban Activism by Ngai Ming Yip,Miguel Angel Martínez López,Xiaoyi Sun Pdf

This edited volume advances our understanding of urban activism beyond the social movement theorization dominated by thesis of political opportunity structure and resource mobilization, as well as by research based on experience from the global north. Covering a diversity of urban actions from a broad range of countries in both hemispheres as well as the global north and global south, this unique collection notably focuses on non-institutionalised or localised urban actions that have the potential to bring about radical structural transformation of the urban system and also addresses actions in authoritarian regimes that are too sensitive to call themselves “movement”. It addresses localized issues cut off from international movements such as collective consumption issues, like clean water, basic shelter, actions against displacement or proper venues for street vendors, and argues that the integration of the actions in cities in the global south with the specificity of their local social and political environment is as pivotal as their connection with global movement networks or international NGOs. A key read for researchers and policy makers cutting across the fields of urban sociology, political science, public policy, geography, regional studies and housing studies, this text provides an interdisciplinary and international perspective on 21st century urban activism in the global north and south.

Author : Robert Neuwirth
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2016-05-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781135954123

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Shadow Cities by Robert Neuwirth Pdf

In almost every country of the developing world, the most active builders are squatters, creating complex local economies with high rises, shopping strips, banks, and self-government. As they invent new social structures, Neuwirth argues, squatters are at the forefront of the worldwide movement to develop new visions of what constitutes property and community. Visit Robert Neuwirth's blog at: http://squatterci ty.blogspot.com