The Divisive State of Social Policy: The 'Bedroom Tax', Austerity and Housing Insecurity

ISBN-13: 9781447350538 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 204 str.

Kelly Bogue

Opis

Few aspects of austerity politics have been as divisive as the 'Bedroom Tax'. This book provides a vivid and authoritative assessment of the impact of social housing reform on tenants and society, using personal stories from one estate to explore its connections to issues including housing precarity, poverty and damage to social networks.

Spis treści

Introduction: the repositioning of social housing and welfare provision Life without state-supported housing Living in a state of insecurity Social housing insecurity as policy and ideology Divisive social policy: the competition for physical and symbolic resources Community and belonging Housing precarity and advanced marginality in the UK