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Manufactured housing and the dialectics of enclosure and commoning

Urban Studies: An International Journal of Research in Urban Studies

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Abstract

Urban Studies, Volume 63, Issue 10, Page 2299-2306, August 2026.
This commentary draws on comparative insights from fieldwork on migrant labor camps in the US and informal settlements in India to argue that manufactured housing communities (MHCs) are central to understanding urban marginality in North America. It does ...