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Ideologies in Local Politics — The Ratepayers’ and Squatters’ Movements
1986Castells’s early exploration of the ideologies surrounding the conventional urbanism thesis was pathfinding, and led to the opening up of the whole field of urban studies based on collective consumption. But in his concern with urban social movements Castells does not systematically explore the influence of ideology on social movement formation.
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The Ebb and Flow of Resistance: Analysis of the Squatters’ Movement and Squatted Social Centres in Brighton [PDF]
Sociological Research Online, 2014 This article analyses a database of 55 squatted social centres in Brighton. By virtue of their public nature, these projects provide a lens through which to examine the local political squatters’ movement, which was often underground, private and hidden (residential squatting in contrast is not profiled).
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From confrontation to collaboration: a decade in the work of the squatters' movement in Nepal
Environment and Urbanization, 2009Squatters' organizations are a notable driving force of civil society movements in Nepal. Their alliance, working on urban squatter issues, has been trying to change their strategy from one of confrontation with government authorities to one of collaboration with multiple stakeholders, including non-squatter neighbours.
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Gangs, Councillors and the Apartheid State: The Newclare Squatters' Movement of 1952
South African Historical Journal, 1990African Studies Seminar series. Paper presented 23 October 1989. Not to be quoted without the Author's permission.
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The End of Clientelism? Strong and Weak Networks in a Mexican Squatter Movement
Mobilization: An International Quarterly, 2004This research demonstrates how individual and group behavior is shaped by the opportunities and constraints created by strong and weak social network ties. The political behavior of two factions in Solidaridad, a squatter settlement outside Oaxaca, Mexico, diverged dramatically after the victory of the PAN in local elections.
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International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 2004
This article explains how and why the relationship between the Amsterdam squatter movement and the local government has changed over the last decade. Besides reassessing Pruijt's analysis of the Amsterdam squatter movement in a recent issue of this journal, the article also engages with the post‐Fordist literature on social movements.
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This article explains how and why the relationship between the Amsterdam squatter movement and the local government has changed over the last decade. Besides reassessing Pruijt's analysis of the Amsterdam squatter movement in a recent issue of this journal, the article also engages with the post‐Fordist literature on social movements.
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2017
Copenhagen has a vibrant history of squats and spaces for alternative forms of living. This is most visible with the continued existence of Freetown Christiania. The Copenhagen squatters’ movement is examined in five consecutive cycles. This analysis is based on a database of incidences of public squatting within the City of Copenhagen and Fredriksberg
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Copenhagen has a vibrant history of squats and spaces for alternative forms of living. This is most visible with the continued existence of Freetown Christiania. The Copenhagen squatters’ movement is examined in five consecutive cycles. This analysis is based on a database of incidences of public squatting within the City of Copenhagen and Fredriksberg
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The squatter movement in Amsterdam
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 1983J. Draaisma, P. van Hoogstraten
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International journal of urban and regional research, 2011
Squatting as a housing strategy and as a tool of urban social movements accompanies the development of capitalist cities worldwide. We argue that the dynamics of squatter movements are directly connected to strategies of urban renewal in that movement conjunctures occur when urban regimes are in crisis.
Holm, Andrej, Kuhn, Armin
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Squatting as a housing strategy and as a tool of urban social movements accompanies the development of capitalist cities worldwide. We argue that the dynamics of squatter movements are directly connected to strategies of urban renewal in that movement conjunctures occur when urban regimes are in crisis.
Holm, Andrej, Kuhn, Armin
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