Institutionalized space appropriation produces territorially bounded social solidarity

Evidence

2 The appropriation of space examines the way in which space is occupied by objects (house, factories, streets, etc.), activities (land uses), individuals, classes, or other social groupings. Systematized and institutionalized appropriation may entail the production of territorially bounded forms of social solidarity. β€” David Harvey, The Condition of Postmodernity, 1395

Categorization

  • XREF: Pairs with Harvey’s later argument about place-bound community formation under flexible accumulation β€” territorial solidarity as a response to spatial restructuring. β€” connects to: Space is not freedom but permanent construction through contested social interactions; Easy individual mobility weakens subordinate-group solidarity and collective action β€” John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 2747; Local place-based relations gave pre-modern communities solidity β€” Anthony Giddens, The Consequences of Modernity, 247 (+9 more)

Broader Connections