What are the major housing problems in contemporary Britain? How effective are the policies designed to tackle these problems? These are the central questions this book sets out to answer, using a critical approach to identifying housing problems and the formation of policy.Understanding housing policy is an up-to-date text on a rapidly changing policy field written by an author with extensive experience in implementing housing policy. The second edition of this best-selling text has been completely revised and includes a new chapter on the political processes involved in the construction and delivery of housing policies. In addition, the new edition:•reviews theoretical perspectives helpful in understanding the normative dimensions of housing policy;•examines explanations of policy development and implementation processes;•explores the development of housing policy in the United Kingdom;•contains a chapter on comparative housing policy;•examines a number of contemporary housing problems: affordability; homelessness; low demand and neighbourhood deprivation; overcrowding; multi-occupation; 'decent' homes and 'sustainable' housing.•devotes a chapter to the relationship between housing and social justice;•includes an assessment of the impact of New Labour's housing policies and the policy orientation of the Conservative/Liberal Democrat Coalition.For more detailed information on this title, please go to the author's website http://housingpolicy.moonfruit.com

This accessible and original text combines a systematic examination of the theories of welfare with an historical account of the evolution of the welfare state and its impact in promoting social justice. It identifies the principles governing social distribution and examines the rationales for these different distributive principles. This book also links the theories of distribution to the actual development of social policy and considers their outcomes. State Welfare will be essential reading for students of social policy. It provides a clear understanding of both theories of welfare and the history of the development of the British welfare state. (view table of contents)

Product Description: Housing Problems and Housing Policy provides a comprehensive and up-to-date account of housing policy in Britain setting it in the context of ideological and political perspectives on housing problems. Divided into four parts the text considers the ideological basis of housing policies, the political and economic influences on development of housing policy, the institutional framework of policy formation and the main housing problems in Britain today...read more