Squatters and the Politics of Marginality in Uruguay

Softcover Nachdruck of the original 1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-3-319-85415-1
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 3152 g

Reihe: Latin American Political Economy

This book unveils the political economy of land squatting in a third world city, Montevideo, in Uruguay. It focuses on the effects of democratization on the mobilization of the poorest as well as on the role played by different types of brokers, from radical Catholic priests to local leaders embedded in political networks. Through a multi-method endeavour that combines ethnography, historical sources, and quantitative time series, the author reconstructs the history of the informal city since the late 1940s to the present. From a social movements/contentious politics perspective, the book challenges the assumption that socioeconomic factors such as poverty were the only causes triggering land squatting.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Álvarez-Rivadulla, María José

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Interessengruppen, Lobbyismus und Protestbewegungen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Wohnen & Obdachlosigkeit
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziale Ungleichheit, Armut, Rassismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1.Introduction.- 2. The Case of Montevideo.- 3. The Cycle of Land Invasions.-4. Accretion Invasions: A Story of an Unlikely Contention (1979-1990).- 5. Planned Squatting and Politics.- 6. Politics on the Ground.- 7. Conclusion.

Über Autor(innen)

María José Álvarez-Rivadulla is Associate Professor of Sociology at the Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia.