Poland Local differences and the importence of cohesion

Two Polish cities, Warsaw and Poznań, are studied in the article to examine how external structures are handled and used by squatters in these two settings. The aim is to analyze opportunity structures that condition the emergence and development of squatting and how squatters respond to and utilize...

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Published inBaltic worlds Vol. IX; no. 1-2; p. 46
Main Authors Polanska, Dominika V., Piotrowski, Grzegorz
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 2016
Subjects
Baltic and East European studies
cohesion
durability
opportunity structures
Poland
squatting
Östersjö- och Östeuropaforskning
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Summary:Two Polish cities, Warsaw and Poznań, are studied in the article to examine how external structures are handled and used by squatters in these two settings. The aim is to analyze opportunity structures that condition the emergence and development of squatting and how squatters respond to and utilize these opportunities. Our ambition is to understand why squatting has developed differently in the two cities by emphasizing the duration and cohesion of the squatting scene as pivotal for the different trajectories of squatting. It is argued in the article that the durability of the squatting environment abates tendencies to open the squatting scene to external coalitions and establish more institutionalized forms of political struggle.
ISSN:2001-7308
2000-2955
2001-7308