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1 online resource (xvii, 346 pages) : illustrations |
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Understanding welfare: Social issues, policy and practice |
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Understanding welfare.
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| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: One. Understanding housing policy -- What is housing policy? -- Understanding housing policy -- Laissez-faire economics -- Social reformism -- Marxist political economy -- Behavioural approaches -- Social constructionism -- Overview -- Questions for discussion -- Further reading -- Websites -- Two. Housing policy, continuity and change -- Housing becomes a social problem -- Housing, health and the public good -- The slum -- The housing issue circa 1906 -- Housing policy: 1915 to 1939 -- Labour 1945 -- 51: a planned solution -- The Conservatives and housing policy, 1951 -- 61 -- Housing policy 1961 to 1979: consensus years? -- Cities in the sky -- ̀Thatcherism' and housing policy -- New Labour -- The coalition government (2010 -- 15) -- The 2015 Conservative government -- Devolution -- Overview -- Questions for discussion -- Further reading -- Websites -- Three. Governing housing -- The Westminster core executive |
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Note continued: Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) -- Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) -- Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) -- National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) -- The English regional dimension -- Local government -- Housing associations -- Tenant empowerment: exit and voice politics -- The financial institutions -- The construction industry -- Private landlords -- The European Union -- Devolution -- Overview -- Questions for discussion -- Further reading -- Websites -- Four.Comparative housing policy -- Why compare? -- Housing policies: five national case studies -- USA -- Germany -- Sweden -- Spain -- The Czech Republic -- The ̀convergence' thesis -- Policy transfer -- Housing outcomes (EU) -- Housing outcomes (USA) -- Overview -- Questions for discussion -- Further reading -- Websites -- Five. Need, demand and supply -- Private landlordism -- The 1919 Housing, Town Planning, etc. Act -- A golden housebuilding age? |
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Note continued: The ̀numbers game' -- Lean years -- Housing requirements -- Devolution and development -- Promoting housing supply -- Overview -- Questions for discussion -- Further reading -- Websites -- Six.̀Affordable' housing -- What is ̀affordable' housing? -- Affordability in the 19th century -- Standards and affordability -- From producer to consumer subsidies -- Housing benefit -- Private landlord subsidies -- The Right to Buy -- Low-cost homeownership -- Allocating social housing -- Immigration and ̀social' housing -- Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland -- Monitoring housing affordability -- Overview -- Questions for discussion -- Further reading -- Websites -- Seven. Homelessness -- What is homelessness? -- The causes of homelessness -- Homelessness: constructing a social problem -- The 1948 National Assistance Act -- The 1977 Housing (Homeless Persons) Act -- ̀Perverse incentives' and the 1996 Housing Act -- The 2002 Homelessness Act |
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Note continued: Preventing statutory homelessness -- Rough sleeping -- Homelessness: the coalition government -- Overview -- Questions for discussion -- Further reading -- Websites -- Eight. Decent and sustainable homes -- The slum -- The 1930s clearance drive -- The bulldozer returns -- Clearance or improvement? -- Income selectivity and home improvement -- ̀Decent' homes -- New Labour and sustainable homes -- Overcrowding -- Measuring overcrowding -- Overcrowding: its impact -- Bed and breakfast hotels -- Houses in multiple occupation -- The 2004 Housing Act -- Regulating the private landlord sector -- The coalition government -- The 2015 Conservative government -- England: progress and stability -- Overcrowding -- Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland -- Housing conditions in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland -- Overview -- Questions for discussion -- Further reading -- Websites -- Nine. Neighbourhood deprivation -- Area-based programmes in the 1960s and 1970s |
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Note continued: Priority estates -- Architectural determinism -- New Labour and unpopular housing -- Low demand -- Balanced communities -- New Labour and mixed communities -- Mixed communities: do they work? -- New Labour and neighbourhood deprivation: evaluation -- The coalition government -- The 2015 Conservative government -- Overview -- Questions for discussion -- Further reading -- Websites -- Ten. Housing and social justice -- What is social justice? -- Social justice and social exclusion -- Why is social justice in housing important? -- Social class -- Tenure -- Property wealth -- ̀Social' tenants -- Housing and income distribution -- Gender -- Ethnicity -- Disability -- Supported housing -- Lifetime homes -- Disabled Facilities Grants -- The bedroom tax -- Need and supply -- Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland -- Overview -- Questions for discussion -- Further reading -- Websites -- Eleven. Conclusion: Let's be builders -- Laissez-faire |
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Note continued: ̀Radical' social reformism -- ̀Moderate' social reformism -- Ameliorative social reformism -- Marxist political economy -- The behavioural approach -- Social constructionism -- Housing politics -- Brexit -- Let us be builders -- Fixing our broken housing market -- References |
| Summary |
"The third edition of this bestselling textbook has been completely revised to address the range of socio-economic factors that have influenced UK housing policy in the years since the previous edition was published. The issues explored include the austerity agenda, the impact of the Coalition government's housing policies, the 2015 Conservative government's policy direction, the evolving devolution agenda and the recent focus on housing supply. The concluding chapter examines new policy ideas in the context of theoretical approaches to understanding housing policy: laissez-faire economics; social reformism; Marxist political economy; behavioural perspectives and social constructionism. Throughout the textbook, substantive themes are illustrated by boxed examples and case studies. The author focuses on principles and theory and their application in the process of constructing housing policy, ensuring that the book will be a vital resource for undergraduate and postgraduate level students of housing and planning and related social policy modules"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-332) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Housing policy -- Great Britain
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- City Planning & Urban Development.
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Housing policy
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Great Britain
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781447330479 |
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1447330471 |
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9781447330455 |
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1447330455 |
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