Mixed-Occupancy Housing in London : A Living Tapestry

Mixed-Occupancy Housing in London : A Living Tapestry - Palgrave Studies in Urban Anthropology

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Publisher's Synopsis

This ethnographic study of a mixed-occupancy housing estate near the centre of London refocuses the scholarly conversation around social housing in the UK after the 1980 Housing Act. As well as examining the long-term consequences of 'Right to Buy,' such as shortages in local authority stock and neighbourhood gentrification, James Rosbrook-Thompson and Gary Armstrong investigate the changes wrought on the social fabric of the individual estate. Drawing on four years of ethnographic fieldwork, the authors explore the estate's social mix and, more specifically, the consequences of owner-occupiers, council tenants and private renters sharing a cramped inner-city neighbourhood. Mixed-Occupancy Housing in London: A Living Tapestry humanizes the academic discussion of class, race, and gender in social housing through the occupants' tales of getting by, getting along and getting out.

Book information

ISBN: 9783319746777
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Pub date:
DEWEY: 363.5561094212
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 239
Weight: 457g
Height: 210mm
Width: 148mm
Spine width: 16mm