《The institutional perspective on informal housing》

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作者
Tomer Dekel
来源
HABITAT INTERNATIONAL,Vol.106,P.102287
语言
英文
关键字
Informality;Perspectives;New-Institutionalism;Bedouin;Beer-Sheva
作者单位
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Department of Geography and Environmental Development, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Be'er-Sheva, Israel;Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Department of Geography and Environmental Development, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Be'er-Sheva, Israel
摘要
The expanding study of informal housing offers multiple - and often confusing - perspectives on its emergence. The paper proposes an updated classification of the major perspectives available, namely, the economic, political-economic, post-colonial, and cultural. It continues to introduce the most debated perspective today, framed as the institutional perspective that embraces New-Institutionalist notions and understands the informal occupiers as agents who mobilize within fragmented and not-predetermined institutional and legal settings. The perspectives are examined regarding the case-study of Bir-Hadaj, a Bedouin informal settlement in Southern Israel that was studied through interviews and analysis of protocols and other reports. The conclusions portray the strength of the institutional perspective in analyzing the emergence and sustainment of informality, alongside the other perspectives.