Residential Capitalism: Rent Extraction and Capitalist Production in Modern Spain (1833–2023)

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Javier Moreno Zacarés (Durham University, UK)

Residential Capitalism

Rent Extraction and Capitalist Production in Modern Spain (1833–2023)

Javier Moreno Zacarés (Durham University, UK)

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English

Routledge
23 April 2024

Homelessness; Ethnic studies; Politics & government; Political economy; Human geography

Series: RIPE Series in Global Political Economy

Over the last decade, Spain has become an emblem of the contradictory relationship between capitalism and housing. During the house-price boom of the 2000s, Spain built homes on an unprecedented scale, with output levels that overshadowed those of every major European economy. Nevertheless, when the fortunes of real estate markets turned, a wave of repossessions ensued, and a massive number of households were thrown out into the street as a sizeable portion of the housing stock was lying vacant. In turn, the implosion of Spanish residential capitalism triggered an intense wave of unrest that has come to shape a decade of political turmoil.

This book uses the Spanish case to bring to light, and theorise, the workings of residential capitalism. The author traces the evolution of residential provision from the nineteenth century to the present, situating the transformation of the housing market in a context of ongoing social change and conflict. The book shows how the present needs to be understood by looking at the historical process through which residential provision became subsumed under the logic of capitalist accumulation but also at a long genealogy of struggles around urbanisation and housing, the outcomes of which remain crystallised in Spain’s urban institutions. The author reveals how both residential capitalist development and urban social conflict have constituted each another, casting light on the historical relationship between housing crises, urban unrest, and the evolution of real estate markets. The book develops a historicist framework to understand residential capitalism, an important contribution for an age in which real estate markets have come to determine the rhythms of global capital.

Addressing key issues and debates in the field, including the financialisation of housing, the politics of scale and urban entrepreneurialism, the political economy of the Eurozone, and the history of capitalist development, this book will be of great interest to students and scholars of political economy, as well as those engaged in crossover fields such as housing studies, urban geography, or financial geography.

By: Javier Moreno Zacarés (Durham University UK)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 621g
ISBN: 9781032079257
ISBN 10: 1032079258
Series: RIPE Series in Global Political Economy
Pages: 238
Publication Date: 23 April 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Javier Moreno Zacarés is Assistant Professor of International Political Economy in the School of Government and International Affairs at Durham University, UK.

Reviews for Residential Capitalism: Rent Extraction and Capitalist Production in Modern Spain (1833–2023)

“This book is an incredibly impressive achievement and contribution, one of the very best yet written on the centrality of housing – how it is mythologized, developed, financed, traded, inhabited, and sometimes lost – to capitalist society, past and present. Moreno Zacarés’s historical canvas is Spain, and what a remarkable history it is! But the insights and lessons are universal.” Brett Christophers, Uppsala University, Sweden