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Squatting is currently a global phenomenon. A concomitant of
economic development and social conflict, squatting attracts public
attention because - implicitly or explicitly - it questions
property relations from the perspective of the basic human need for
shelter. So far neglected by historical inquiry, squatters have
played an important role in the history of urban development and
social movements, not least by contributing to change in concepts
of property and the distribution and utilization of urban space. An
interdisciplinary circle of authors demonstrates how squatters have
articulated their demands for participation in the housing market
and public space in a whole range of contexts, and how this has
brought them into conflict and/or cooperation with the authorities.
The volume examines housing struggles and the occupation of
buildings in the Global "North," but it is equally concerned with
land acquisition and informal settlements in the Global "South." In
the context of the former, squatting tends to be conceived as
social practice and collective protest, whereas self-help
strategies of the marginalized are more commonly associated with
the southern hemisphere. This volume's historical perspective,
however, helps to overcome the north-south dualism in research on
squatting.
This book assesses the emergence and transformation of global
protest movements during the Vietnam War era. It explores the
relationship between protest focused on the war and other
emancipatory and revolutionary struggles, moving beyond existing
scholarship to examine the myriad interlinked protest issues and
mobilisations around the globe during the Indochina Wars. Bringing
together scholars working from a range of geographical,
historiographical and methodological perspectives, the volume
offers a new framework for understanding the history of wartime
protest. The chapters are organised around the social movements
from the three main geopolitical regions of the world during the
1960s and early 1970s: the core capitalist countries of the
so-called first world, the socialist bloc and the Global South. The
final section of the book then focuses on international
organisations that explicitly sought to bridge and unite solidarity
and protest around the world. In an era of persistent military
conflict, the book provides timely contributions to the question of
what war does to protest movements and what protest movements do to
war.
This book assesses the emergence and transformation of global
protest movements during the Vietnam War era. It explores the
relationship between protest focused on the war and other
emancipatory and revolutionary struggles, moving beyond existing
scholarship to examine the myriad interlinked protest issues and
mobilisations around the globe during the Indochina Wars. Bringing
together scholars working from a range of geographical,
historiographical and methodological perspectives, the volume
offers a new framework for understanding the history of wartime
protest. The chapters are organised around the social movements
from the three main geopolitical regions of the world during the
1960s and early 1970s: the core capitalist countries of the
so-called first world, the socialist bloc and the Global South. The
final section of the book then focuses on international
organisations that explicitly sought to bridge and unite solidarity
and protest around the world. In an era of persistent military
conflict, the book provides timely contributions to the question of
what war does to protest movements and what protest movements do to
war.
Squatting is currently a global phenomenon. A concomitant of
economic development and social conflict, squatting attracts public
attention because - implicitly or explicitly - it questions
property relations from the perspective of the basic human need for
shelter. So far neglected by historical inquiry, squatters have
played an important role in the history of urban development and
social movements, not least by contributing to change in concepts
of property and the distribution and utilization of urban space. An
interdisciplinary circle of authors demonstrates how squatters have
articulated their demands for participation in the housing market
and public space in a whole range of contexts, and how this has
brought them into conflict and/or cooperation with the authorities.
The volume examines housing struggles and the occupation of
buildings in the Global "North," but it is equally concerned with
land acquisition and informal settlements in the Global "South." In
the context of the former, squatting tends to be conceived as
social practice and collective protest, whereas self-help
strategies of the marginalized are more commonly associated with
the southern hemisphere. This volume's historical perspective,
however, helps to overcome the north-south dualism in research on
squatting.
Combining the tools of political, social, cultural, and
intellectual history, Consumption and Violence: Radical Protest in
Cold-War West Germany explores strategies of legitimization
developed by advocates of militant resistance to certain
manifestations of consumer capitalism. The book contributes to a
more sober evaluation of West German protest movements, not just
terrorism, as it refrains from emotional and moral judgments, but
takes the protesters' approaches seriously, which, regarding
consumer society, had a rational core. Political violence is not
presented as the result of individual shortcomings, but emerges in
relation to major societal changes, i.e., the unprecedented growth
of consumption. This new perspective sheds important light on
violence and radical protest in post-war Germany, as previous books
have failed to examine to what extent these forms of resistance
should be regarded as reactions to changing regimes of provision.
Continuing the recently growing interest in the interdependence of
countercultures and consumer society, the focus on violence gives
the argument a unique twist, making the book thought-provoking and
engaging.
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