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Rättens Gränsland: En vecka i Christiania - En etnografiskt inspirerad studie

Idris Fehling, Felicia LU and Hök, Emilia LU (2025) RÄSK02 20251
Department of Sociology of Law
Abstract
In the 1970s young danish people moved into abandoned military barracks in
Christianshavn which started a squatting movement that gave rise to the area called Christiania, a semi-autonomous society where internal informal norms are prominent. Pusherstreet in Christiania has always received a lot of attention in the media with its open cannabis market. The market closed multiple times and has resisted government influence for years, but in 2024 the market permanently shut down. The overall purpose of this Bachelor’s thesis is to gain a deeper understanding on how perceptions of social control change when a community-based society becomes more institutionalized and how the social relations might change by this. By utilizing theories such... (More)
In the 1970s young danish people moved into abandoned military barracks in
Christianshavn which started a squatting movement that gave rise to the area called Christiania, a semi-autonomous society where internal informal norms are prominent. Pusherstreet in Christiania has always received a lot of attention in the media with its open cannabis market. The market closed multiple times and has resisted government influence for years, but in 2024 the market permanently shut down. The overall purpose of this Bachelor’s thesis is to gain a deeper understanding on how perceptions of social control change when a community-based society becomes more institutionalized and how the social relations might change by this. By utilizing theories such as social control and legal pluralism this study examines the context of Christiania and Pusherstreet, throughout time.

The data has been collected through informal conversations, deep-interviews and field observations spanning over several days in Christiania, Denmark. The result of this thesis shows that social control has gradually changed in Christiania from local, community-based control to increased institutional governance. In turn this has also affected the relationship between the community and outside agents such as the state, municipality and the police. (Less)
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author
Idris Fehling, Felicia LU and Hök, Emilia LU
supervisor
organization
course
RÄSK02 20251
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
informella normer, Pusherstreet, rättspluralism, semi-autonomt samhälle, social kontroll
language
Swedish
id
9207355
date added to LUP
2025-08-11 14:31:55
date last changed
2025-08-11 14:31:55
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  abstract     = {{In the 1970s young danish people moved into abandoned military barracks in 
Christianshavn which started a squatting movement that gave rise to the area called Christiania, a semi-autonomous society where internal informal norms are prominent. Pusherstreet in Christiania has always received a lot of attention in the media with its open cannabis market. The market closed multiple times and has resisted government influence for years, but in 2024 the market permanently shut down. The overall purpose of this Bachelor’s thesis is to gain a deeper understanding on how perceptions of social control change when a community-based society becomes more institutionalized and how the social relations might change by this. By utilizing theories such as social control and legal pluralism this study examines the context of Christiania and Pusherstreet, throughout time. 

The data has been collected through informal conversations, deep-interviews and field observations spanning over several days in Christiania, Denmark. The result of this thesis shows that social control has gradually changed in Christiania from local, community-based control to increased institutional governance. In turn this has also affected the relationship between the community and outside agents such as the state, municipality and the police.}},
  author       = {{Idris Fehling, Felicia and Hök, Emilia}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Rättens Gränsland: En vecka i Christiania - En etnografiskt inspirerad studie}},
  year         = {{2025}},
}