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Record Nr.

UNINA9910136450903321

Autore

Lund Brian <1945->

Titolo

Housing politics in the United Kingdom : power, planning and protest / / Brian Lund [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bristol : , : Policy Press, , 2016

ISBN

9781447327103

1-4473-2711-X

1-4473-2708-X

1-4473-2709-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (vi, 362 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

363.50941

Soggetti

Housing policy - Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Apr 2022).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Housing and politics -- Land politics -- Urban renewal: fencing the cities -- Private landlords: ‘Rachmans’ or ‘Residential property-owners’? -- A property-owning democracy? -- Eclipsing council housing -- Bending the ‘Third Arm’: politicians and housing associations -- Homelessness politics -- Devolution: where is the difference? -- Conclusion: power, planning and protest -- References -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

As housing moves up the UK political agenda, Brian Lund uses insights from public choice theory, the new institutionalism and social constructionism to explore the political processes involved in constructing and implementing housing policy and its political consequences.