1st Edition

Regulating Social Housing Governing Decline

By David Cowan, Morag McDermont Copyright 2006
234 Pages
by Routledge-Cavendish

234 Pages
by Routledge-Cavendish

234 Pages
by Routledge-Cavendish

Drawing upon Foucauldian analyzes of governmentality, the authors contend that social housing must be understood according to a range of political rationalities that saturate current practice and policy. They critically address the practice of dividing social from private tenure; situating subjects such as the purpose and financing of social housing, the regulation of its providers and occupiers... Read more
On Social Housing, Decline, Regulation and Government.  Constructing the Domain.  Needing Need.  On Money.  Regulatory Truths.  The 'Social' Contract.  Private Renting.  Owner-Occupation.  Conclusion

Biography

David Cowan is Professor of Law and Policy, and Morag McDermont is Lecturer in Law, both at the School of Law, University of Bristol.