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- Title
Local differences & the importance of cohesion.
- Authors
Polanska, Dominika V.; Piotrowski, Grzegorz
- Abstract
Two Polish cities, Warsaw and Poznań, are studied in the article to examine how external structures are handled and used by squatters in these two settings. The aim is to analyze opportunity structures that condition the emergence and development of squatting and how squatters respond to and utilize these opportunities. Our ambition is to understand why squatting has developed differently in the two cities by emphasizing the duration and cohesion of the squatting scene as pivotal for the different trajectories of squatting. It is argued in the article that the durability of the squatting environment abates tendencies to open the squatting scene to external coalitions and establish more institutionalized forms of political struggle.
- Subjects
WARSAW (Poland); SOCIAL cohesion; SQUATTERS; HISTORY
- Publication
Baltic Worlds, 2016, Vol 9, Issue 1/2, p46
- ISSN
2000-2955
- Publication type
Article