1st Edition
Contentious Politics and the Welfare State Squatting in Sweden
By Dominika Polanska
Copyright 2019
212 Pages
by
Routledge
212 Pages
15 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
212 Pages
15 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book outlines the history of squatting in Sweden and analyzes the conditions under which squatting has intensified and declined in the country between 1968 and 2017. With close attention to the relationship between civil society and the state in the Swedish context, and the manner in which this relationship, together with attendant political, media and movement-based discourses, shapes the... Read more
Introduction 1. Previous studies on squatting in Sweden and beyond 2. Squatting in the Swedish media 3. Parliamentary discussions and de-legitimation techniques 4. Squatters’ self-presentations and the creation of adversaries 5. "It is right to rebel" or why squatters do what they do 6. Conclusion: Contesting Consensus
Biography
Dominika V. Polanska is Associate Professor of Sociology at the Institute of Housing and Urban Research, Uppsala University, Sweden and the author of several studies on squatting and housing movements in Poland and Sweden.
