| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 264 pages) |
| Series |
Housing and society series |
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Housing and society series.
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| Contents |
Introduction / Nigel Sprigings and Peter Somerville -- What has the state ever done for us? / Bill Spink -- Housing policy and social justice / Nigel Sprigings -- Places, 'folk devils' and social policy / Charlie Cooper -- Housing, class, and social policy / Peter Somerville -- Ethnicity, 'race' and policy issues / Malcolm Harrison -- Housing, gender and social policy / Joan Smith -- Disability and inclusive housing design / Jo Milner -- Squatting since 1945 / Kesia Reeve -- Housing and urban regeneration policy / John Pierson and Claire Worley -- Housing and social policy futures / Peter Somerville and Nigel Sprigings |
| Summary |
This topical book transforms the analysis of housing problems into a lively, interesting and contentious subject of social scientific study, addressing themes of residential experience, inclusion/empowerment, sustainability and professionalism/managerialism, which lie at the heart of the housing and social policy debate. Each chapter considers a specific social category - such as class, gender, or disability - and evaluates the experience and understanding of housing and social policy under this category. With innovative approaches to conceptualising housing and a clear, defined stru |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Housing policy -- Great Britain
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure.
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Housing policy
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Social policy
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Huisvestingsbeleid.
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Sociaal-economisch beleid.
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| SUBJECT |
Great Britain -- Social policy -- 1979-
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh90001103
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| Subject |
Great Britain
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Somerville, Peter
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Sprigings, Nigel
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| ISBN |
020308697X |
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9780203086971 |
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1134455240 |
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9781134455249 |
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9780415283663 |
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0415283663 |
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9780415283670 |
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0415283671 |
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9786610216871 |
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6610216878 |
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9781134455201 |
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1134455208 |
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9781134455256 |
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1134455259 |
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