Renters Rising! Extending the analysis of housing activism in Europe to the UK

• Andrew Mathers ^[1]
  1. [1] University of the West of England

     University of the West of England

     Reino Unido

     
• Localización: Araucaria: Revista Iberoamericana de Filosofía, Política, Humanidades y Relaciones Internacionales, ISSN 1575-6823, ISSN-e 2340-2199, Vol. 23, Nº 46, 2021 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Monográfico I. Nietzsche como pensador político. Monográfico II. Aproximaciones actuales a las Enfermedades Raras. Monográfico III. Teorías de la Justicia y Tribunales Internacionales de Derechos Humanos), págs. 147-171
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.12795/araucaria.2021.i46.08
• Títulos paralelos:
  • ¡Inquilinos rebelándose! Ampliando el análisis del activismo de vivienda en Europa al Reino Unido
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  • español

    Los efectos materiales de la austeridad en el Reino Unido (RU) han generado un resurgimiento de iniciativas activistas en la esfera de la vivienda.

    ACORN, una organización federativa, es una de estas iniciativas que desafía prácticas y políticas de vivienda tanto a nivel local como nacional. Tomando a ACORN como ejemplo y punto de partida intento analizar y evaluar prácticas de activismo de la vivienda en el RU partiendo de los más conocidos casos de España y Alemania (Ordóñez y otros, 2015). Para ello utilizo la metodología cualitativa y hago un estudio comparativo del marco de antecedentes ideológicos y sociales, repertorios y lógicas políticas para presentar y analizar el papel desempeñado por ACORN. Concluyo que aunque ACORN tiene semejanzas notables a otros casos, representa una trayectoria diferente en el activismo de vivienda que mezcla la acción directa con una participación con ideologías de partido mientras la democracia social que intenta volver a sus raíces.

  • English

    The material effects of austerity in the United Kingdom (UK) have generated a resurgence of activist initiatives in the field of housing central to which is ACORN that has developed into a federated organisation contesting housing practices and policies at both local and national levels. ACORN is used to expand the examination of housing activism in Europe beyond the cases in Spain and Germany to the UK (Ordonez et al, 2015). This article also utilises the qualitative methodology of a comparative case study and the framework of ideological and social backgrounds, political repertoires and political logics to present and analyse ACORN. While ACORN displays striking similarities to other cases, it also represents a different trajectory in housing activism that combines direct action with an engagement with party politics as social democracy seeks to return to its roots.

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