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Housing Policy Transformed
Peter King
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Description for Housing Policy Transformed
hardcover. This book seeks to understand the Right to Buy, the most controversial housing policy of the last 30 years, on its own terms, rather than most studies which focus on its negative impact. It explains how the policy links with a coherent ideology based on self-interest and the care of things close to us. Num Pages: 136 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFF; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 172 x 15. Weight in Grams: 399.
The Right to Buy is the most controversial housing policy of the last 30 years, but it is also the most successful. Unlike the many studies that have focused on the costs of the policy and sought to show its negative impact, this book seeks to understand the Right to Buy on its own terms. It explains how the policy links with a coherent ideology based on self-interest and the care of things close to us - instead of a policy that sought to do things for people, the Right to Buy allowed people to do things for themselves.
The Right to Buy is the most controversial housing policy of the last 30 years, but it is also the most successful. Unlike the many studies that have focused on the costs of the policy and sought to show its negative impact, this book seeks to understand the Right to Buy on its own terms. It explains how the policy links with a coherent ideology based on self-interest and the care of things close to us - instead of a policy that sought to do things for people, the Right to Buy allowed people to do things for themselves.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
Number of Pages
136
Place of Publication
Bristol, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847422132
SKU
V9781847422132
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Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About Peter King
Peter King is Reader in Social Thought at the Centre for Comparative Housing Research, De Montfort University. His work has focused on the application of philosophical and theoretical models to housing issues and he has written widely on issues such as need, choice, rights, housing subsidies and the nature of home.
Reviews for Housing Policy Transformed
"...invigorates the reader and provides a fresh challenge to many of the assumptions around the RTB." Rebecca Edwards in International Planning Studies "When I showed Mrs Thatcher figures suggesting she should give away all council housing to tenants her instant reply was 'people will not value them unless they pay at least something for them'. These and many ... Read more