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Author Owens, Lynn, 1970- author.

Title Cracking under pressure : narrating the decline of the Amsterdam squatters' movement / Lynn Owens
Published Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2009]
©2009

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Description 1 online resource (290 pages) : illustrations
Series Solidarity and Identity Ser
Solidarity and Identity Ser
Contents 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
Summary "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
Analysis Sociology
Sociologie
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-286) and index
Notes English
Print version record
Subject Social movements -- Netherlands -- Amsterdam
Housing -- Netherlands -- Amsterdam
Society and social sciences.
Sociology and anthropology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Essays.
Housing
Social conditions
Social movements
SUBJECT Netherlands -- Social conditions -- 1945- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85091037
Subject Netherlands
Netherlands -- Amsterdam
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9789048506446
9048506441
1282171488
9781282171480
9786612171482
6612171480