{"product_id":"9781118750605","title":"Metropolitan Preoccupations The Spatial Politics of Squatting in Berlin","description":"\u003ch3\u003eRGS-IBG Book Series\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eMetropolitan Preoccupations\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eThe Spatial Politics of Squatting in Berlin\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAlexander Vasudevan\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eScience \/ Earth Sciences \/ Geography\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eIn this, the first book-length study of the cultural and political geography of squatting in Berlin, Alexander Vasudevan links the everyday practices of squatters in the city to wider and enduring questions about the relationship between space, culture, and protest.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eFocuses on the everyday and makeshift practices of squatters in their attempt to exist beyond dominant power relations and redefine what it means to live in the city\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers a fresh critical perspective that builds on recent debates about the “right to the city” and the role of grassroots activism in the making of alternative urbanisms\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExamines the implications of urban squatting for how we think, research and inhabit the city as a site of radical social transformation\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eChallenges existing scholarship on the New Left in Germany by developing a critical geographical reading of the anti-authoritarian revolt and the complex geographies of connection and solidarity that emerged in its wake\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDraws on extensive field work conducted in Berlin and elsewhere in Germany\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e  \u003cb\u003eAlexander Vasudevan\u003c\/b\u003e is Assistant Professor of Cultural and Historical Geography at the University of Nottingham, UK. A co-editor of \u003ci\u003ePracticing the Archive: Reflections on Method and Practice in Historical Geography\u003c\/i\u003e (with E. Gagen and H. Lorimer, 2007) his work has been published in several prestigious journals, including \u003ci\u003eAntipode\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCultural Geographies\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEnvironment and Planning A\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eD\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eProgress in Human Geography\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSocial and Cultural Geography\u003c\/i\u003e. His current research focuses on radical politics, urban squatting and the wider geographies of contemporary precarity.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e12 October 2015\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781118750605\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e256\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e11.52\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44310409937036,"sku":"9781118750605","price":37.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781118750605.jpg?v=1780156710","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781118750605","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}