Peter Shapely

The politics of housing

Power, consumers and urban culture

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 242
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 374g
• ISBN-13: 9780719095368
• ISBN-10: 0719095360
• Artikelnr.: 40478195

Autorenporträt

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

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction I. The national framework 1. Government
local authorities and housing
1919-87 2. National interpretations II. 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 III. 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