Madeleine ERIKSSON, Umeå University, Dept of Geography, Sweden
Social reproduction has become privatized as states withdraw from social provisions, also increasingly in welfare states such as Sweden. The consequences have been that some households and places become more vulnerable than others, not least when it comes to housing provision. Feminist geographers highlight the centrality of battles around social reproduction in western nations – the right to housing, environmental security, healthcare, education, a meaningful and dignified life. In this paper I discuss how struggles around housing is articulated among newly arrived migrants, placing their struggles within a context of relational socio-spatial theorizing. I further give examples from the Swedish housing debate showing how discourses around battles over social reproduction and neoliberal policies produce a set of ‘actionable ideas’ within the Swedish context, with specific sets of acting entities that shape different affiliations
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