Binding: Paperback
Description: Evictions in the UK examines the relationships between tenants landlords housing providers and government agencies and the tensions and conflicts that characterise these relations. The book shows how power dynamics are being reconfigured in the post - welfare context of the first quarter of the 21st century as evictions for rent arrears are becoming one of the most significant threats to both the wellbeing of the social housing sector and the welfare of its tenants. Embracing both practical and critical approaches this book offers a comprehensive understanding of the contradictory and thus controversial issue of evictions. It explores the range of perspectives involved in the practice landlords carrying out evictions those agencies providing legal assistance to evictees as well as academics and institutions charged with researching and regulating the process. Drawing on three case studies relating to evictions across Scotland and England this book provides a comprehensive look at the punitive consequences of poverty (evictions for rent arrears) and status (evictions under immigration law) that are applicable to social housing systems worldwide. Based on original primary - source data this book will be a key resource for academics and students as well as policy makers and practitioners in the fields of housing studies planning social welfare and political sociology.
Title: Evictions In The Uk Power Housing And Politics
Author(s): Crawford Joe
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Barcode: 9780367419684
Pages: 166 Pages, 7 Tables, Black And White; 5 Line Drawings, Black And White; 5 Illustrations, Black And W
Publication Date: 10/2/2020
Series: Explorations in Housing Studies
Category: Urban & Municipal Planning