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The autonomous life? : paradoxes of hierarchy and authority in the squatters movement in Amsterdam /

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This book is an ethnographic study of the internal dynamics of a subcultural squatting community that defines itself as a social movement.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kadir, Nazima
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2016.
Series:Contemporary anarchist studies (Manchester, England)
Subjects:
Squatters > Netherlands > Amsterdam.
Housing > Netherlands > Amsterdam.
Social movements > Netherlands > Amsterdam.
Political activists > Netherlands > Amsterdam.
Mouvements sociaux > Pays-Bas > Amsterdam.
Activistes > Pays-Bas > Amsterdam.
Anarchism.
Anthropology.
Political ideologies.
Politics and government.
Social and cultural anthropology, ethnography Mod Social and cultural anthropology, ethnography.
Society and social sciences Society and social sciences.
Sociology and anthropology.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Ideologies > Anarchism.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > Urban.
Housing
Political activists
Social movements
Squatters
Netherlands > Amsterdam
Society & Social Sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > Anarchism.
radical left.
participant observation.
squatters movement.
anthropology.
ethnography.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Squatter capital
  • 2. The habitus of emotional sovereignty
  • 3. 'Showing commitment' and emotional management
  • 4. Liminal adolescence or entrapping marginality?
  • Conclusion
  • Index.