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- Title
Travelling Barricades: Transnational Networks, Diffusion and the Dynamics of 1980s Squatter Conflicts in Western Europe.
- Authors
van der Steen, Bart
- Abstract
This paper reconstructs and compares four squatter conflicts in Amsterdam, Nijmegen, Copenhagen and Hamburg during the 1980s in which squatters defended themselves from eviction from occupied houses by barricading entire streets. Remarkable similarities can be observed in how these conflicts developed. Was this the result of international contacts between the squatters, of similarities between the cities, or did the construction of barricades set in motion more general dynamics that influenced protest dynamics? This paper warns against overestimating the influence of transnational activist networks. Although the conflicts unfolded in similar ways while squatters fostered international contacts, the latter alone do not suffice to explain the former. Instead, this paper highlights the 'social function' of the barricade and the inherent conflict dynamics that barricade building set in motion.
- Subjects
TRANSNATIONALISM; SQUATTERS; PUBLIC lands; BARRICADES (Military science); PUBLIC demonstrations
- Publication
Contemporary European History, 2024, Vol 33, Issue 2, p599
- ISSN
0960-7773
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S0960777323000620