{"product_id":"housing-in-the-margins-negotiating-urban-formalities-in-berlins-allotment-gardens-hardback-9781119540915","title":"Housing in the Margins; Negotiating Urban Formalities in Berlin's Allotment Gardens (Hardback) 9781119540915","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eHousing in the Margins\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eNegotiating Urban Formalities in Berlin's Allotment Gardens\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e‘Housing in the Margins\u003c\/i\u003e is a journey into normal-yet-transgressive living spaces on the periphery of Berlin. Hilbrandt powerfully rethinks statehood as the ordinary enactment of negotiation, shattering along the way the tired but all-too-persistent division between the global “North and South.”’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJulie-Anne Boudreau, Institut national de la recherche scientifique and Instituto de Geografía UNAM\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e‘This is a truly remarkable book. It incorporates a rich discussion of the lived experience of informal housing in Berlin’s allotment gardens. But, in doing so, it also requires us to rethink how urban space is negotiated from below as well as above.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAllan Cochrane, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eEmeritus Professor of Urban Studies, The Open University, UK\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e‘Hanna Hilbrandt’s study generates new openings for urban studies to think urban informality, negotiated governance, and housing across the global north and south. Firmly rooted in Berlin’s distinctive history, this is a very welcome contribution to theorising the urban globally.’  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJennifer Robinson, Professor of Geography, University College London, UK\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eHanna Hilbrandt (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781119540915, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 6 May 2021\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e192 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.7 cm, 0.397 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHousing in the Margins\u003c\/i\u003e offers a theoretically informed and empirically detailed exploration of unruly housing practices and their governance at the periphery of Berlin.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eAn original empirical contribution to understanding housing precarity in the context of the German housing crisis\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eA novel approach to theorizing the nexus of informality and the state in ways that bridge analytical divides between debates about Northern and Southern states\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAn innovative account of urban development in Berlin that contributes to the limited discussions of urban informality in Euro-American cities \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eA theoretical understanding of the ways in which negotiations and transgressions are embedded in the making of urban order\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eA historically informed narrative of the development of allotment gardens in Berlin with a particular focus on housing practices at these sites\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations vi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSeries Editors’ Preface vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Introduction: Housing in the Entanglements of Formality, Informality, and the State 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Negotiating Formalities: Informality and the Everyday State 15\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Footnotes on the History of Housing: Allotment Dwelling in Berlin, 1871–2019 31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Housing in the Margins: Halfway Between Exclusion and Homeownership 54\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. The Colony and the Turf: Planning and the Politics of Land Use Change 76\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Constellations of Consent: Navigating the Politics of Regulatory Enforcement 97\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Working the Legal Threshold: Regulation, Translation, and Boundary Work 116\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Conclusion: The “Gallic Village” 134\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlossary of German Terms 144\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 146\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 173\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Geography [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Geography\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Geography%20%5BRG%5D%22\"\u003eRG\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52428616007960,"sku":"9781119540915","price":56.78,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781119540915.jpg?v=1784681872","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/housing-in-the-margins-negotiating-urban-formalities-in-berlins-allotment-gardens-hardback-9781119540915","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}