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    • Alexander Baker

    Alexander Baker is a researcher working on housing and security issues, with a specific focus on the securitisation of forced eviction. In 2016 he completed a PhD at Newcastle University on eviction enforcement in the UK, emphasising the role of resistance to eviction in shaping the development of eviction practices, and was a contributor to the recent collection Geographies of Forced Eviction (Palgrave, 2017). Twitter: @anomiegeog Website: alexgbaker.wordpress.com

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