1. Introduction -- 2. Social policy, citizenship and empowerment -- 3. Urban policies and empowerment; an inevitable failure? -- 4. Housing conditions, racism and consumer strategies -- 5. 'Social housing' and the Black Voluntary Housing Movement -- 6. Social housing investment and community development -- 7. Movements, politics and empowerment -- 8. Conclusions; reconstructing the welfare state?
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-168)