Housing as Commons

Housing Alternatives as Response to the Current Urban Crisis

Professor Stavros Stavrides, Penny Travlou

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English

Zed Books Ltd
06 October 2022

Homelessness; Political economy; Welfare economics; Social security & welfare law

Series: In Common

"Experiences of the struggle for housing, ignited by the lack of social and affordable housing, have led to the establishing of shared and self-managed housing areas. In such a context, it becomes crucially important to re-think the need to define common urban worlds “from below"". Here, Penny Travlou and Stavros Stavridis trace contemporary practices of urban commoning through which people re-define housing economies.

Connecting to a rich literature on the importance of commons and of practices of commoning for the creation of emancipated societies, the authors discuss whether housing struggles and co-habitation experiences may contribute in crucial ways to the development of a commoning culture. The authors explore a variety of urban contexts through global case studies from across the Global North and South, in search of concrete examples that illustrate the potentialities of urban commoning."

Edited by: Professor Stavros Stavrides, Penny Travlou
Imprint: Zed Books Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm,
ISBN: 9781786999979
ISBN 10: 1786999978
Series: In Common
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 06 October 2022
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Penny Travlou is a Lecturer in Cultural Geography and Theory at the University of Edinburgh, UK. Stavros Stavrides is Professor in the School of Architecture, National Technical University of Athens, Greece.