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‘Ghetto’ Ecologies in the Neoliberal City: From Citizen Power to Ritualised Resistance in Danish Non-Profit Housing

Kaufmanas, Johanne Bagger LU (2021) HEKM51 20211
Human Geography
Human Ecology
Abstract
This thesis demonstrates how neoliberal urbanism has unrolled in the context of the Danish non-profit housing sector, using the case of Copenhagen neighbourhood Tingbjerg as a case study. Arguing that this process has significantly altered the relations of power within the neighbourhood, it further investigates the mode of resistance emerging locally as a response. Danish non-profit housing has been subject to the controversial ‘ghetto plan’, leading to the emergence of a national-scale movement against this stigmatising plan that, under the pretext of confronting integration problems, effectively results in the commodification of non-profit housing. Meanwhile, the case of local-scale resistance studied in this thesis is argued to... (More)
This thesis demonstrates how neoliberal urbanism has unrolled in the context of the Danish non-profit housing sector, using the case of Copenhagen neighbourhood Tingbjerg as a case study. Arguing that this process has significantly altered the relations of power within the neighbourhood, it further investigates the mode of resistance emerging locally as a response. Danish non-profit housing has been subject to the controversial ‘ghetto plan’, leading to the emergence of a national-scale movement against this stigmatising plan that, under the pretext of confronting integration problems, effectively results in the commodification of non-profit housing. Meanwhile, the case of local-scale resistance studied in this thesis is argued to constitute a form of ‘ritualised mode of resistance’ that while attempting to gain influence over the development of Tingbjerg, operates within the logic of the established order embodied in the ghetto plan. This indicates a socio-ecological configuration that is shifting from the institutionally secured citizen-power inherent to the tenant democracy of the non-profit housing sector, to a human-(urban)nature configuration characterised by top-down inclusivity measures. The thesis further aims toward bringing housing into Urban Political Ecology, arguing that the studied case may shed light on future just and sustainable socioecological configurations in cities. (Less)
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author
Kaufmanas, Johanne Bagger LU
supervisor
organization
course
HEKM51 20211
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
Urban Political Ecology, urban governance, housing, Danish non-profit housing, Denmark
language
English
id
9065085
date added to LUP
2021-09-09 11:51:47
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2021-09-09 11:51:47
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  abstract     = {{This thesis demonstrates how neoliberal urbanism has unrolled in the context of the Danish non-profit housing sector, using the case of Copenhagen neighbourhood Tingbjerg as a case study. Arguing that this process has significantly altered the relations of power within the neighbourhood, it further investigates the mode of resistance emerging locally as a response. Danish non-profit housing has been subject to the controversial ‘ghetto plan’, leading to the emergence of a national-scale movement against this stigmatising plan that, under the pretext of confronting integration problems, effectively results in the commodification of non-profit housing. Meanwhile, the case of local-scale resistance studied in this thesis is argued to constitute a form of ‘ritualised mode of resistance’ that while attempting to gain influence over the development of Tingbjerg, operates within the logic of the established order embodied in the ghetto plan. This indicates a socio-ecological configuration that is shifting from the institutionally secured citizen-power inherent to the tenant democracy of the non-profit housing sector, to a human-(urban)nature configuration characterised by top-down inclusivity measures. The thesis further aims toward bringing housing into Urban Political Ecology, arguing that the studied case may shed light on future just and sustainable socioecological configurations in cities.}},
  author       = {{Kaufmanas, Johanne Bagger}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{‘Ghetto’ Ecologies in the Neoliberal City: From Citizen Power to Ritualised Resistance in Danish Non-Profit Housing}},
  year         = {{2021}},
}