UID:
edoccha_9959148200602883
Format:
1 online resource (273 p.)
ISBN:
1-134-45524-0
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1-134-45525-9
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1-280-21687-5
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9786610216871
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0-203-08697-X
Series Statement:
Housing and society series
Content:
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
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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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.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-28367-1
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-28366-3
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9780203086971
