|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1. |
Record Nr. |
UNINA9910145592403321 |
|
|
Autore |
Jones Colin <1949 Jan. 13-> |
|
|
Titolo |
The right to buy [[electronic resource] ] : analysis & evaluation of a housing policy / / Colin Jones and Alan Murie |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pubbl/distr/stampa |
|
|
Oxford ; ; Malden, MA, : Blackwell, 2006 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ISBN |
|
1-281-32156-7 |
9786611321567 |
0-470-75964-X |
0-470-75962-3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Descrizione fisica |
|
1 online resource (266 p.) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Collana |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Classificazione |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Altri autori (Persone) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Disciplina |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Soggetti |
|
Housing policy - Great Britain |
Housing - Great Britain |
Home ownership - Government policy - Great Britain |
Electronic books. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lingua di pubblicazione |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
|
|
|
|
|
Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
|
|
|
|
|
Note generali |
|
Description based upon print version of record. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nota di bibliografia |
|
Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-251) and index. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nota di contenuto |
|
A policy for its time -- The right to buy in the UK 1980-2005 -- Unequal opportunities, time and place -- Transforming social housing -- Extending the owner occupied housing market -- Promoting the private rented sector -- Creating sustainable communities -- Housing management and housing quality -- The financial equation -- Policy transfer : international perspectives on housing privatisation -- A policy past its sell-by date? -- Learning from the right to buy. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sommario/riassunto |
|
An evaluation of the most enduring privatisation of the Thatcher era ... Written in an accessible style, this is a key reference for students and researchers in housing and planning; geography; and social policy. The book analyses the operation and impact of the right to buy policy (RTB). It includes a critique of the Housing Act and the 2001 Housing (Scotland) Act. The enactment of these changes under a Labour government affirms the continuance of the RTB. The authors take stock of its profound effect on housing policy, reversing the growth in social housing developed over the t |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|