Contentious Politics and the Welfare State: Squatting in Sweden

Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
List of illustrations
Acknowledgements
Introduction
	Welfare state and the formation of consensus discourse
	Squatting in Sweden 1968–2017
	Different positions – differing discourses
	Critical discourse analysis: examining power and ideology
	Critical discourse analysis as theory and method: how it is done
	The contents of the book
	Notes
1. Previous studies on squatting in Sweden and beyond
	The radicalization of the 1960s
	People’s Home Anarchists of the 1970s
	Municipal politics disarming the radical edge in the 1980s
	The fragmented picture of squatting in the 1990s
	Blind spot despite considerable squatting activity in the 2000s
	Collective actors behind squatting in Sweden
	International research on squatting
	Conclusion: a need for a new research agenda
	Note
2. Squatting in the Swedish media
	Discourses and the media
	Late 1960s and 1970s: stressing the illegality of squatting
	1980s: squatters vs. the police
	The 1990s: fascination with violence
	The 2000s: the rise and fall of the autonomous
	Tendency to focus on the negative characteristics
	Conclusions: (de)legitimization techniques used
3. Parliamentary discussions and delegitimation 
techniques
	Political discourse and squatting
	Finding antagonists and agonists of the Swedish model
	The struggle over democracy and representation
	The emergence of a young squatter
	Swedish squatting in focus or blame it all on the Social Democrats
	Strengthening democracy through securitization
	Portrayal and delegitimization of squatters and squatting
	Conclusions: the reproduction of political power
	Appendix
4. Squatters’ self-presentations and the creation of adversaries
	Who are the squatters?
	Who are the Others?
	Conclusions: squatters as respectable agents
5. “It is right to rebel” or why squatters do what they do
	The goals of squatting
	Legitimizing squatting
	When all democratic means are exhausted
	Conclusions: squatters’ legitimacy claims
6. Conclusion: Contesting consensus
	Squatting as a resistance to the logic of the market
	Values, ideas and identities promoted in the hegemonic discourse
	People’s Home Anarchists or the creation of a respectable squatter
	Contentious politics as indicators of what is wrong with society
	Who are the people?
	Mediatized politics and the depoliticization of collective claims
	Conclusions: contesting consensus
References
Index