Securitisation of Property Squatting in Europe

摘要

Mary Manjikian's comparative journey into European histories, trends, legal and political trajectories of the act of 'squatting' (taking control of someone else's property without their permission), is a striking cross-discipline project and a must-read contribution to the area, and indeed urban studies overall. Despite its comparable levels of acceptance and co-optation in varying parts of the world, squatting within an urban and moreso a Western context (as opposed the wideranging literature on slum-dwellings and land-based movements such as the MST, Landless Workers' Movement, in Brazil), is arguably under-researched and lacks in serious academic discussion. This is due to a number of reasons that Manjikian appreciates, the themes of which she weaves through the text.