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100 _aSoederberg, Susanne
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245 _aGoverning Global Displacement in Austerity Urbanism: The Case of Berlin's Refugee Housing Crisis
260 _bJohn Wiley,
_c2019.
300 _aVol.50, Issue 4, 2019;(923-947 p.)
520 _aA surge of forcibly displaced migrants into Europe in 2015 culminated in what has been referred to as the ‘refugee crisis’. As the continent's top destination country, Germany has been widely praised for its welcoming culture while heavily criticized for failures of integration. This is particularly true of Berlin — a city that has absorbed the highest number of war refugees in Europe, many of whom remain without stable accommodation. Despite its significance, the scholarship has largely neglected the housing question within the European refugee crisis. The aim of this article is to cast a critical light on the complexities and contradictions glossed over by the refugee crisis trope. Drawing on the Berlin case, the author argues that resettlement initiatives need to be understood against the backdrop of austerity urbanism, particularly its insistence that markets can meet housing demand. By focusing on three types of shelter provisioning for refugees, the article reveals the multifaceted and nuanced ways in which the Berlin government, refugees and grassroots organizations contest, produce and navigate the moving frames of austerity urbanism in search of stable housing.
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_dWest Sussex John Wiley & Sons Ltd. 1970
_tDevelopment and change
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856 _u https://doi.org/10.1111/dech.12455
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