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

Lund, Brian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1447330447 ISBN 13: 9781447330448

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 government's housing policies, the 2015 Conservative government's 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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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).

Edition details

• Publisher: Policy Press
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1447330447
• ISBN 13: 9781447330448
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 368