The reactions of neighbourhoods to the eviction of squatters in Rome: An account of the making of precarious investor subjects

European Urban and Regional Studies

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 352-367

  Feliciantonio, Cesare Di ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Commoning; financialization of home; precariousness; Rome; squats eviction; subjectification

Indexed keywords

INFORMAL SETTLEMENT; METROPOLITAN AREA; NEIGHBORHOOD; PRIVATIZATION; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

ITALY; LAZIO; ROMA [LAZIO]; ROME;

EID: 85029745335     PISSN: 09697764     EISSN: 14617145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969776416662110     Document Type: Article

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