Shapely The politics of housing

Power, consumers and urban culture
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-5261-3068-6
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Web PDF, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

This book is concerned with the interaction of traditional politics, culture and social groups, of local and national influences, of ideals and individuals. It looks at local government, social groups and housing policy in the twentieth century. This is a remarkable story of how these factors were interwoven to create and manage policy.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Shapely, Peter

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Regional- & Raumplanung Stadtplanung, Kommunale Planung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Verwaltungswissenschaft, Öffentliche Verwaltung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Section One – The National Framework
1. Government, local authorities and housing, 1919-87
2. National interpretations
Section Two – The rise of municipal housing
3. Civic culture, voluntarism and Council intervention
4. Slum houses, slum dwellers and slum clearance
5. The post-war housing problem and the great overspill drive
Section Three – The decline of municipal legitimacy: inner city developments and tenants reactions, 1962-92
6. New slums and the rising tide of tenant anger
7. New slums, New Left and new partnerships
Conclusion – Consumers, locality, and discourse
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Shapely Peter:
Peter Shapely is Head of the School of History, Welsh History and Archaeology at the University of Wales, BangorPeter Shapely is Head of the School of History, Welsh History and Archaeology at the University of Wales, Bangor