The Battle for Tolmers Square (Routledge Revivals)

1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-415-65892-8
Verlag: CRC Press

Buch, Englisch, 244 Seiten, Format (B × H): 138 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 610 g

Reihe: Routledge Revivals

First published in 1976, this book tells of the dramatic struggle between tenants’ groups, community associations, students, squatters, intellectuals, political parties, and property developers at Tolmers Square in north London. The author describes how property developers, interested only in maximising profits, attempted to redevelop the Tolmers area for offices, while the local authority, pressurised by local tenants and faced with a housing shortage, tried to redevelop for housing. This book is about the politics of central city redevelopment.

Although this text focuses on one particular case study, the same processes operate in all cities where land is used as a commodity for financial speculation. By tracing the Tolmers case in detail, this text demonstrates the forces which operate in city redevelopment, and shows the affect which various forms of opposition can have.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wates, Nick

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder England, UK, Irland: Regional & Stadtgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Interessengruppen, Lobbyismus und Protestbewegungen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; 1. Conflict of interest 2. The first attack 3. Die slowly, you’ll enjoy it more 4. Forced into a deal 5. Claudius to the rescue 6. The ‘stop the levy deal’ campaign 7. Don’t let them do it to us 8. Squatting 9. Council take control. 10.or do they? Appendix- A little local history; Maps and diagrams

Über Autor(innen)

Wates, Nick