Housing as Commons: Housing Alternatives as Response to the Current Urban Crisis (In Common)

By: Stavros Stavrides and Penny Travlou

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Synopsis: Experiences of the struggle for housing, ignited by the lack of social and affordable housing, have led to the establishing of shared and self-managed housing areas. In such a context, it becomes crucially important to re-think the need to define common urban worlds “from below". Here, Penny Travlou and Stavros Stavridis trace contemporary practices of urban commoning through which people re-define housing economies. Connecting to a rich literature on the importance of commons and of practices of commoning for the creation of emancipated societies, the authors discuss whether housing struggles and co-habitation experiences may contribute in crucial ways to the development of a commoning culture. The authors explore a variety of urban contexts through global case studies from across the Global North and South, in search of concrete examples that illustrate the potentialities of urban commoning.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 336 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781913441012
Related ISBNs:: 9781786999979
Publisher:: Bloomsbury Publishing
Date of Addition:: 07/13/22
Copyrighted By:: Stavros Stavrides and Penny Travlou
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Business and Finance, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics, Politics and Government
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Stavros Stavrides
Edited by:: Penny Travlou