Kimberly A. Creasap, "Making a Scene: Urban Landscapes, Gentrification, and Social Movements in Sweden"
English | ISBN: 1439920877 | 2021 | 202 pages | PDF | 8 MB
English | ISBN: 1439920877 | 2021 | 202 pages | PDF | 8 MB
In the three largest cities in Sweden, social movement “scenes”—networks of social movement actors and the places they inhabit—challenge threats such as gentrification. The geography of the built environment influences their ability to lay claim to urban space and to local political processes. In Making a Scene, Kimberly Creasap emphasizes that it is the centrality, concentration, and visibility of these scenes that make them most effective. Whereas some scenes become embedded as part of everyday life—as in Malmö—in contrast, scenes in Göteborg and Stockholm often fail to become part of the fabric of urban neighborhoods.
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