Housing policy transformed

1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-1-84742-213-2
Verlag: Policy Press

Buch, Englisch, 136 Seiten, Format (B × H): 175 mm x 250 mm, Gewicht: 427 g

The Right to Buy is the most controversial housing policy of the last 30 years, but it is also the most successful. Unlike the many studies that have focused on the costs of the policy and sought to show its negative impact, this book seeks to understand the Right to Buy on its own terms. It explains how the policy links with a coherent ideology based on self-interest and the care of things close to us - instead of a policy that sought to do things for people, the Right to Buy allowed people to do things for themselves.

Autoren/Hrsg.

King, Peter

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziale Ungleichheit, Armut, Rassismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents: Introduction; Owning things; What Mrs Thatcher did; What happened next; What is wrong with it?; What does it tell us?; Conclusions

Über Autor(innen)

King, Peter
Peter King is Reader in Social Thought at the Centre for Comparative Housing Research, De Montfort University. His work has focused on the application of philosophical and theoretical models to housing issues and he has written widely on issues such as need, choice, rights, housing subsidies and the nature of home.