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Understanding housing policy / Brian Lund.

By: Lund, Brian, 1945- [author.]Contributor(s): Social Policy Association (Great Britain)Material type: TextTextSeries: Understanding welfarePublisher: Bristol : Policy Press : Social Policy Association, 2017Copyright date: ©2017Edition: 3rd editionDescription: xvii, 346 pages : graphs ; 24 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781447330431; 9781447330448Subject(s): Housing policy -- Great BritainAdditional physical formats: ebook version :: No titleDDC classification: 363.50941 Summary: "The third 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" -- Provided by publisher.
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Previous edition: 2011.

Originally published: 2006.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-332) and index.

"The third 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" -- Provided by publisher.

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