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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.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Squatting Europe Kollective, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Squatter settlements--Europe.
- Squatter settlements.
- Squatters--Europe.
- Squatters.
- Europe.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (288 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- London : Pluto Press, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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 with 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, whose members have direct experience of squatting: many are still squatters 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 holds lessons for policy-makers, activists and academics alike.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- "Squatting Europe Kollective"--Cover.
- Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 23, 2014).
- ISBN:
- 9781783710416
- 1783710411
- 9781849649308
- 1849649308
- OCLC:
- 882264008
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