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In Defence of a Coalfield Community: Resisting Urban Redevelopment in 1950s Wales

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Urban Activism in Western Europe from the 1950s to the 1980s, Pages: 217 - 243

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DOI (Published version): 10.1007/978-3-031-57642-3_10

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This chapter offers a case study of an urban social movement stimulated by what Manuel Castells sees as one of the main motivations for grassroots mobilisation: the defence of cultural identity or territory. Specifically, it investigates and contextualises a successful campaign of community oppositi...

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Published in: Urban Activism in Western Europe from the 1950s to the 1980s
ISBN: 9783031576416 9783031576423
ISSN: 2634-6559 2634-6567
Published: Cham Springer Nature Switzerland 2024
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