"Race", housing and social exclusion / / edited by Peter Somerville and Andy Steele

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910824195303321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London, : Jessica Kingsley Pub, 2002
• ISBN: 1-84642-298-1; 1-4175-0298-3
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (336 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): SomervillePeter; SteeleAndy
• Disciplina: 363.599
• Soggetti: Communication in housing policy - Great Britain; Housing - Resident satisfaction - Great Britain; Marginality, Social - Great Britain; Minorities - Housing - Great Britain; Minorities - Services for - Great Britain
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Race, Housing and Social Exclusion-- Contents-- 1. Introduction-- 2. Theorising Ethnic and "Racial" Exclusion in Housing-- 3. Patterns of Residential Settlement among Black and Minority Ethnic Groups-- 4. The Housing Needs of Black and Minority Ethnic Groups-- 5. Widening Locational Choices for Minority Ethnic Groups in the Social Rented Sector-- 6. Missing the Target? Discrimination and Exclusion in the Allocation of Social Housing-- 7. Black and Minority Ethnic Housing Associations-- 8. Black and Minority Ethnic Employment in Housing Organisations -- 9. The Diverse Experiences of Black and Minority Ethnic Women in Relation to Housing and Social Exclusion""""10. Black Youth Homelessness-- 11. The Housing of Older Black and Asian People-- 12. Black and Minority Ethnic Participation and Empowerment-- 13. From Refuge to Exclusion: Housing as an Instrument of Social Exclusion for Refugees and Asylum Seekers in the UK-- 14. Housing Disadvantage in the Inner City: The Needs and Preferences of Ethnic Minorities in Sub-standard Housing-- 15. The Housing Experiences of Minority Ethnic Groups in Northern Ireland.; ""16. The Housing Experiences of Minority Ethnic Groups in Western European Welfare States""""17. Conclusion""; ""The Contributors""; ""Subject Index""; ""Author Index""
• Sommario/riassunto: The contributors analyse the implications of social exclusion, offering suggestions for good practice in the allocation of housing for black and other ethnic minority groups. This book shows how racism and the shortage of housing workers from black and other ethnic minorities constrain the choices available to these groups.