Securitization of Property Squatting in Europe

Mary Manjikian is an Assistant Professor at the Robertson School of Government at Regent University in Virginia Beach, Virginia. She is the author of Threat Talk: Comparative Politics of Internet Addiction and Apocalypse and Post-Politics: The Romance of the End. She is a former US foreign service officer and has worked in The Netherlands, Russia, Germany, and Bulgaria. In 2013, she is a Fulbright Scholar at the Institute for Advanced Studies at Durham University, UK.

• Introduction: Housing, Neighbors and the Politics of Fear 1: How We Talk About Squatting 2: Squatting and Anti-Squatting in Britain 3: Incorporating the Enclave of Juliana Christiania 4: Grenoble, 2010: Failed Attempts to Securitize the Roma Squats 5: "The Last Bastion of Squatting in Europe" or the End of Dutch Tolerance 6: Politics of Securitization and Desecuritization

"Mary Manjikian’s book brings the ‘property question’ to the heart of critical debates on security. Manjikian offers a set of fascinating cases across Europe that illuminate important dynamics of contemporary securitizing practices. The securitization of squatting away from earlier social and economic policy debates is enacted across Europe in both similar and differentiated terms, drawing on national and local histories, current crises, and expert knowledge. At the same time, Securitization of Property Squatting in Europe opens an important discussion of desecuritization scenarios and political futures of the ‘property question’."—Claudia Aradau, King's College London"This book is a timely and probing analysis of the securitization of squatting. Analyzing modes of squatting, their politicizations and ways of governing them, Manjikian brings detailed insights in the growing securitization of housing. More generally, this book contributes in significant ways to our understanding of the transversal and pervasive nature of contemporary securitizing."—Jef Huysmans, The Open University