Description: A global, comparative history of tenants' movements.
Since the late nineteenth century, tenants across various historical and geographic contexts have engaged in collective action, including rent strikes, to improve their standard of living. Rent Strikes brings together an international cohort of researchers to identify common patterns and global trajectories in this rich history, spanning from the early twentieth century to the COVID-19 pandemic. Encompassing various continents and periods, it explores tenants' struggles on both the local and national levels in North and Latin America, Northern and Southern Europe, and Oceania. Not only does this volume expand the scope of previous studies to consider the role of ethnicity, nationality, and gender in tenant mobilization, but it also aims to engage a wider audience beyond academia, including activists, policymakers, and the general public interested in housing.Brief description: Lucas Poy is an assistant professor at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and a fellow at the International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam.