Squatting Cycles in Barcelona: Identities, Repression and the Controversy of Institutionalisation
Squatting in the metropolitan area of Barcelona is analysed here by distinguishing protest cycles and larger sociopolitical contexts. The authors identify different social movements related to both squatted social centres (SSCs) and housing struggles. Why have SSCs hardly ever been institutionalised...
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| Tipo de recurso: | capítulo de libro |
| Estado: | Versión aceptada para publicación |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2018 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad de Oviedo (UNIOVI) |
| Repositorio: | Dipòsit Digital de la UB |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/225909 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/2445/225909 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Okupes Barcelona (Catalunya) Squatters Barcelona (Catalonia) |
| Sumario: | Squatting in the metropolitan area of Barcelona is analysed here by distinguishing protest cycles and larger sociopolitical contexts. The authors identify different social movements related to both squatted social centres (SSCs) and housing struggles. Why have SSCs hardly ever been institutionalised? How do SSCs differ from squatting for housing? This chapter examines how specific political opportunity structures shape squatters’ tactics and orientations. In particular, three relevant contexts are highlighted-legislative changes, global mobilisations, and the emergence of social movements at the national level. In addition, the authors discuss how state repression narrowed the political opportunities for squatting. |
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