Housing and Social Policy: Contemporary Themes and Critical Perspectives

ISBN-13: 9780415283670 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 264 str.

Peter Somerville; Nigel Sprigings

Opis

This topical book links housing issues in other areas of social policy drawing on current themes in the social sciences. It transforms the analysis of housing problems into a lively, interesting and contentious subject of social scientific study. Housing is fundamentally integrated into the welfare system and therefore requires exploration using conceptual ideas drawn from the social sciences. This book aims to encourage those studying and working in both social policy and housing to think refelxively about housing as a central instrument of social policy, rather than considering it to be an isolated occupation that merely requires the application of technical and administrative skills. As well as two chapters expounding and reviewing the centrality of housing to wider social policy and social experience, this book is largely comprised of chapters which each consider a specific social category, such as class, gender, or disability, and evaluate the experience and understanding of housing and social policy under this category. The authors address themes of residential experience, inclusion/empowerment, sustainability and professionalism/managerialism, which lie at the heart of the h

Recenzje

'This engaging collection ... challenges housing policy makers, practitioners and academics to engage with these debates and offer their own perspective and solutions.' – John Flint, Sheffield Hallam University, UK

Spis treści

Introduction  1. Housing and Social Policy  2. Housing and Social Justice  3. The Meaning of Residential Experience  4. Housing, Class and Social Policy  5. Housing, Ethnic Minorities and Social Policy  6. Housing, Gender and Social Policy  7. Housing, Disability and Social Policy  8. Housing, Illness and Social Policy  9. Housing, Sexuality and Social Policy  10. The Regeneration of Residential Experience  11. Housing and Social Policy Futures

O autorze

Somerville, Peter; Sprigings, Nigel