James Gregory

Social Housing, Wellbeing and Welfare (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The growing demand for social housing is one of the most pressing public issues in the UK today, and this book analyses its role and impact. Anchored in a discussion of different approaches to the meaning and measurement of wellbeing, the author explores how these perspectives influence our views of the meaning, value and purpose of social housing in today's welfare state. The closing arguments of the book suggest a more universalist approach to social housing, designed to meet the common needs of a wide range of households, with diverse socioeconomic characteristics, but all sharing the same equality of social status.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Policy Press
• Seitenzahl: 238
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Juli 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781447348542
• Artikelnr.: 64310633

Autorenporträt

Dr James Gregory, Senior Research Fellow, Centre on Household Assets and Savings Management at the University of Birmingham James was previously Senior Research Fellow at the Fabian Society, where he first worked on housing policy, and prior to that completed a PhD (political philosophy) at the London School of Economics. He is currently conducting empirical work on housing and wellbeing and contribute to teaching (housing studies) in the School of Social Policy.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. Wellbeing, housing and the home The distribution of social
housing. Who gets what, and why? What's in a name? The meaning of social
housing Discourses of dependency; social housing, welfare and political
debate Interpreting fact: is social housing really bad for you? Wellbeing
and social housing: approaches to impact Narratives of principle and
practice; claiming history, contesting purpose Rethinking the 'social' in
social housing; common needs, shared identities From principle to practice
- diverse needs, mixed solutions Conclusion: housing, wellbeing and
citizenship