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Two steps forward

Housing policy into the new millennium

Dave Cowan editor Alex Marsh editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Policy Press

Published:18th Jul '01

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While the future shape and direction of housing policy is uncertain, the process of transformation looks set to continue. A wide range of housing policy initiatives emerged during the first term of the New Labour government and 2000 saw the publication of the first major policy statement on housing for over 10 years - the government's much anticipated Housing Green Paper. This book makes a distinctive and innovative contribution to the debate. Bringing together leading scholars from the fields of housing law and housing policy, it aims to engage with the central concerns of policy and to demonstrate that the parallel debates of housing studies and socio-legal studies can be strengthened by a fuller exchange of ideas. Each chapter examines a key theme in contemporary housing policy and seeks to locate policy in relation to broader theoretical debates about the provision of social welfare. Two steps forward is essential reading for academics, students and policy makers with an interest in housing policy and law, as well as students on wider social policy, public administration, policy and management courses.

"... a comprehensive and welcome addition to the colloquy on the current state of housing policy in this country." Roof
"... a unique snapshot of UK academic work on housing." The Law Teacher
"This collection provides students of public law and social and public policy with an invaluable assessment of the state of housing policy. The pairing of law and policy around key themes is a unique and valuable contribution. " Stuart Lowe, Department of Social Policy and Social Work, University of York
"The publication of this book is very welcome. It provides us with a detailed analysis of current developments in housing policy and reminds us of the social and policy contexts within which any proposals for reform of the law must be located." Martin Partington, Law Commissioner for England and Wales
"... a heavyweight analysis of New Labour's housing policy ... will fascinate housing scholars." Axis

ISBN: 9781861342294

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408 pages