A selection from Stockholm University publication database

• The End of a Performance? Swedish Rent Strikes in the 1980s

  2023. Hannes Rolf. Social Movements in 1980s Sweden, 193-217

  Chapter

  During the 1980s, Sweden saw several rent protests and rent strikes in different parts of the country. While there is an obvious continuity from the Swedish rent contention in the 1970s, the rent contention in the 1980s is in itself an interesting topic to study. The influence of radical leftist groups in the 1980s isn’t as obvious as it appears to have been in the 1970s, and rent striking seems to have been seen as a legitimate way of handling grievances during the first half of the 1980s. Most of the rent protests took place in municipal and other forms of non-speculative housing, and contention took place both between tenant and landlord and within the established organisations of the tenant’s movement, thus turning into a challenge against the social democratic leadership. Using the theoretical framework of Contentious Politics Studies (CPS), this chapter examines rent contention in Sweden during the 1980s and especially the rent strikes of the period, looking at the role of rent striking and other forms of protests in the tenant contentious repertoire of that era. Of particular interest is the disappearance of evidence of rent strikes after 1985, signifying a change to the contentious tenant repertoire

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• Recension av "Göteborg genom tiderna: Nedslag i stadens sociala och politiska historia"

  2023. Hannes Rolf. Historisk Tidskrift 143 (2), 267-269

  Article

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• Book review - Claiming the City: A Global History of Workers' Fight for Municipal Socialism by Shelton Stromquist. 2023

  2023. Hannes Rolf. Radical Housing Journal 5 (1), 311-313

  Article

  Shelton Stromquist has written a long and very rich account of the international history of local socialist activism, often called municipal socialism. Drawing on various examples, Stromquist wants to shift the focus from national parliamentary politics and centrist narratives to the local level, where the labour movement was built. At a time when local struggles such as affordable housing are once again on the agenda of progressive activists, this book offers important insights into the early local history of labour politics and inspiration for contemporary activists and municipal socialists.

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• Kris i bostadsfrågan: för en solidarisk bostadspolitik

  2023. Hannes Rolf (et al.).

  Book

  Under de senaste decennierna har fastighetsägare, byggbolag, banker och riskkapitalister tjänat enorma summor på bostäder, medan andra förlorat sina hem eller sett sina bostads­kostnader öka kraftigt. Den sociala bostadspolitiken har övergivits, hemlösheten har ökat och bostadsstandarden har försämrats. Samtidigt har det finansiella systemet blivit centrerat kring en bolånespiral som har gjort hushållen och den svenska ekonomin otroligt sårbara.

  Sverige behöver ett nytt, socialt och klimatanpassat bostads­system, men ett sådant kan bara åstadkommas genom radikala förändringar. Utifrån en gedigen genomgång av över hundra års svensk bostadshistoria analyserar "Kris i bostadsfrågan" orsakerna till och konsekvenserna av att bostadens bruksvärde helt har kommit att överskuggas av dess bytesvärde, och föreslår hur den pågående krisen – med radikala förändringar i politik, finans och byggande – skulle kunna demonteras och utgöra grunden för ett nytt bostadssystem, där alla människors behov av ett hem står i centrum.

  Forskarkollektivet Fundament består av Dominika V. Polanska (Södertörns högskola), Åse Richard (Uppsala universitet), Ståle Holgersen (Örebro universitet), Timothy Blackwell (Uppsala universitet), Maria Wallstam (Upp­sala universitet), Hannes Rolf (Stockholms universitet).

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