Understanding housing policy (third edition) (Understanding Welfare: Social Issues, Policy and Practice) - Hardcover

Lund, Brian

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1447330439 ISBN 13: 9781447330431

Publisher: Policy Press, 2017

Synopsis

The 3rd edition of this bestselling textbook has been completely revised to address the range of socio-economic factors that have influenced UK housing policy in the years since the previous edition was published. The issues explored include the austerity agenda, the impact of the Coalition governments housing policies, the 2015 Conservative governments policy direction, the evolving devolution agenda and the recent focus on housing supply. The concluding chapter examines new policy ideas in the context of theoretical approaches to understanding housing policy: laissez-faire economics; social reformism; Marxist political economy; behavioural perspectives and social constructionism. Throughout the textbook, substantive themes are illustrated by boxed examples and case studies. The author focuses on principles and theory and their application in the process of constructing housing policy, ensuring that the book will be a vital resource for undergraduate and postgraduate level students of housing and planning and related social policy modules.

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Review:

"An excellent update that puts current housing policy into an historical context. This will be very helpful to my students."--Alan Winter, London South Bank University

"An excellent historical and theoretical review of housing policy: thoughtful, well informed, critical, and up to date."--Chris Paris, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland, on previous edition

"This is a refreshing and different contribution to the literature. It clearly will prove of considerable value as an introductory textbook and it may be more accessible to undergraduates than the other books available."--Housing Studies Association Newsletter, on previous edition

"Understanding Housing Policy is an insightful exploration of contemporary housing problems and an excellent introduction to the subject."--Social Policy, on previous edition

"Should be on the bookshelf of anyone, novice or veteran, interested in UK housing policy, and will be essential for undergraduate and graduate students specializing in the area."--Housing Studies Journal, on previous edition

About the Author:

Brian Lund is Visiting Lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University. He has served as Housing Committee Chair of a large metropolitan housing authority and was an Open University Tutor for more than twenty-five years. He is the author of Housing Politics in the United Kingdom: power, protest and politics (Policy Press, 2016).

About this edition

• Publisher: Policy Press
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1447330439
• ISBN 13: 9781447330431
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 368