Cracking under pressure : narrating the decline of the Amsterdam squatters' movement /
Owens, Lynn, 1970-
Cracking under pressure : narrating the decline of the Amsterdam squatters' movement / Lynn Owens. - 1 online resource (290 pages) : illustrations - Solidarity and Identity Ser. . - Solidarity and Identity Ser. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-286) and index.
Introduction -- 1. Radicalization: The Birth of the Squatters' Movement -- 2. Luck Runs Out -- 3. Holiday Inn, Wijers Out -- 4. Death in the Movement, Death of the Movement -- 5. The End: Now, Near, or Never? -- Conclusion.
"An investigation of the squatters' movement in Amsterdam, which emerged in the late 1970s as a reaction to the housing shortage of the 1960s, peaked in the early 1980s, and then fell into a period of prolonged decline. Focuses on issues relating to the decline of social movements"--Provided by publisher.
English.
9789048506446 (electronic book) 9048506441 (electronic book) 1282171488 9781282171480 (cloth) (cloth) 9786612171482 6612171480
00118848
Since 1945
Social movements--Netherlands--Amsterdam.
Housing--Netherlands--Amsterdam.
Mouvements sociaux--Pays-Bas--Amsterdam.
Society and social sciences.
Sociology and anthropology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Essays.
Housing.
Social conditions.
Social movements.
Netherlands--Social conditions--1945-
Pays-Bas--Conditions sociales--1945-
Netherlands.
Netherlands--Amsterdam.
Sociology Sociologie
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
HN520.Z9 / S625 2009eb
307.3/36409492352
Cracking under pressure : narrating the decline of the Amsterdam squatters' movement / Lynn Owens. - 1 online resource (290 pages) : illustrations - Solidarity and Identity Ser. . - Solidarity and Identity Ser. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-286) and index.
Introduction -- 1. Radicalization: The Birth of the Squatters' Movement -- 2. Luck Runs Out -- 3. Holiday Inn, Wijers Out -- 4. Death in the Movement, Death of the Movement -- 5. The End: Now, Near, or Never? -- Conclusion.
"An investigation of the squatters' movement in Amsterdam, which emerged in the late 1970s as a reaction to the housing shortage of the 1960s, peaked in the early 1980s, and then fell into a period of prolonged decline. Focuses on issues relating to the decline of social movements"--Provided by publisher.
English.
9789048506446 (electronic book) 9048506441 (electronic book) 1282171488 9781282171480 (cloth) (cloth) 9786612171482 6612171480
00118848
Since 1945
Social movements--Netherlands--Amsterdam.
Housing--Netherlands--Amsterdam.
Mouvements sociaux--Pays-Bas--Amsterdam.
Society and social sciences.
Sociology and anthropology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Essays.
Housing.
Social conditions.
Social movements.
Netherlands--Social conditions--1945-
Pays-Bas--Conditions sociales--1945-
Netherlands.
Netherlands--Amsterdam.
Sociology Sociologie
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
HN520.Z9 / S625 2009eb
307.3/36409492352