The constitution of the "political" in squatting.

This paper presents the constitution of the "political" in two cases of political squatting in Hungary after 1989: the Centrum squatter group's occupations in 2004-2006, and the homeless advocacy group The City is for All's occupations in 2013-2014. In the case of the Centrum group, the political significance of squatting was defined by a position allocated to squatters within a larger global justice movement coalition. As soon as that allocated position changed, the political perception of the Centrum group vanished. In the case of The City is for All, the constitution of the politics of the occupations was kept under control by a conscious long-term strategy, which defined squatting as a tactical element. Drawing attention to the shifting political ontology, the paper argues for a contextsensitive definition of political squatting. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]