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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.
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.
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