The Divisive State of Social Policy

The 'Bedroom Tax', Austerity and Housing Insecurity
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-1-4473-5053-8
Verlag: Policy Press

Buch, Englisch, 204 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 476 g

The ‘Bedroom Tax’ has been one of the most contentious aspects of the UK government’s austerity politics. In this book, Kelly Bogue provides an authoritative assessment of its social impacts.

The Divisive State of Social Policy traces the links between housing resources and societal tensions by looking closely at one housing estate. The book explores issues related to Housing Benefit reform, including housing precarity, poverty and damage to social networks.

This is a vivid picture of the sharp end of austerity politics and welfare reform, and it gets to the heart of the meanings of home and community in the UK today.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bogue, Kelly

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziale Ungleichheit, Armut, Rassismus
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Soziale Dienste, Soziale Organisationen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

Bogue, Kelly
Kelly Bogue is a Researcher and Postgraduate Tutor at the Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations, Coventry University.

Kelly Bogue is a Research Associate and Postgraduate Research Tutor at the Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations, Coventry University.