Rent and its discontents :
a century of housing struggle /
edited by Neil Gray.
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| Summary: | "The 1915 Rent Strikes in Glasgow, along with similar campaigns across the UK, catalysed rent restrictions and eventually public housing as a right, with a legacy of progressive improvement in UK housing through the central decades of the 20th century. With the decimation of social housing and the resurgence of a profoundly exploitative private housing market, the contemporary political economy of housing now shares many distressing features with the situation one hundred years ago. Starting with a re-appraisal of the Rent Strikes, this book asks what housing campaigners can learn today from a proven organisational victory for the working class. A series of investigative accounts from scholar-activists and housing campaign groups across the UK charts the diverse aims, tactics and strategies of current urban resistance, seeking to make a vital contribution to the contemporary housing question in a time of crisis." -- |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Rowman & Littlefield International,
2018
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| Series: | Transforming capitalism (Rowman & Littlefield International)
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index. Physical description: xxxix, 253 pages ; 23 cm. more |
| Contained in: |
Rent and its discontents |
| ISBN: | 9781786605740 1786605740 9781786605757 1786605759 |
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