Housing in the Margins

Housing in the Margins is a rich and original empirical data on the governance of housing precarity at the periphery of Berlin.
* One of the few discussions of urban informality in Euro-American cities
* An empirical exploration of the governance of housing precarity in Berlin
* A novel theoretical approach to understanding the nexus of informality and the state
* An innovative account of urban development in Berlin that bridges analytical divides between debates about Northern and Southern states
* A theoretical understanding of the ways in which negotiations and transgressions are embedded in the making of urban order
* A historically informed narrative of the development of allotments in Berlin