Housing Inequality in the 21st Century

Social Policy and the Political Economy of Housing in the UK
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-4473-7676-7
Verlag: Bristol University Press

Buch, Englisch, 208 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

This book exposes how deep-rooted political and economic forces continue to shape unequal housing outcomes in the UK. Moving beyond headlines and policy snapshots, it traces how global crises, austerity and shifting welfare regimes intersect to produce today’s housing landscape.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Iafrati, Steve

Gregory, Lee

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Wohnen & Obdachlosigkeit
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziale Ungleichheit, Armut, Rassismus
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gewalt und Diskriminierung: Soziale Aspekte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

1. Introduction: Why There Is More to Housing Inequality Than Just Housing

2. New Labour and the Third Way: A New Millennium and the More Equal Society

3. 2007–2010, the Global Financial Crisis and a New Direction

4. Small Government and the ‘Big Society’

5. Housing and Welfare Reforms

6. Core and Periphery

7. Housing Commodification and Financialisation

8. Grenfell Tower and Intersectionality

9. Housing Vulnerability and Social Cleansing

10. Hegemony and Housing

11. Reflections and the Direction of Travel

12. Conclusions

Über Autor(innen)

Gregory, Lee
Lee Gregory is Associate Professor at University of Nottingham.

Iafrati, Steve
Steve Iafrati is Assistant Professor at University of Nottingham.

Steve Iafrati is Assistant Professor of Social Policy at the University of Nottingham.

Lee Gregory is Associate Professor at the University of Nottingham.