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BL
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984349
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b738719
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| Title & Author
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Housing and social policy : : contemporary themes and critical perspectives /\ edited by Peter Somerville and Nigel Sprigings.
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| Publication Statement
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London ;New York :: Routledge,, 2005.
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| Series Statement
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Housing and society series
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| Page. NO
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1 online resource (viii, 264 pages)
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| ISBN
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020308697X
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: 0415283663
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: 0415283671
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: 1134455240
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: 6610216878
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: 9780203086971
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: 9780415283663
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: 9780415283670
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: 9781134455249
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: 9786610216871
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0415283663
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0415283671
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Introduction / Nigel Sprigings and Peter Somerville -- What has the state ever done for us? / Bill Spink -- Housing policy and social justice / Nigel Sprigings -- Places, 'folk devils' and social policy / Charlie Cooper -- Housing, class, and social policy / Peter Somerville -- Ethnicity, 'race' and policy issues / Malcolm Harrison -- Housing, gender and social policy / Joan Smith -- Disability and inclusive housing design / Jo Milner -- Squatting since 1945 / Kesia Reeve -- Housing and urban regeneration policy / John Pierson and Claire Worley -- Housing and social policy futures / Peter Somerville and Nigel Sprigings.
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| Abstract
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This topical book transforms the analysis of housing problems into a lively, interesting and contentious subject of social scientific study, addressing themes of residential experience, inclusion/empowerment, sustainability and professionalism/managerialism, which lie at the heart of the housing and social policy debate. Each chapter considers a specific social category - such as class, gender, or disability - and evaluates the experience and understanding of housing and social policy under this category. With innovative approaches to conceptualising housing and a clear, defined stru.
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Housing policy-- Great Britain.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Infrastructure.
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Housing policy.
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Social policy.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- General.
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Huisvestingsbeleid.
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Sociaal-economisch beleid.
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Great Britain, Social policy, 1979-
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Great Britain.
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| Dewey Classification
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363.5/0941
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| LC Classification
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HD7333.A3H6769 2005eb
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| Added Entry
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Somerville, Peter.
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Sprigings, Nigel.
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