New formations of citizenship occupy a central place in the modernization of welfare states
across Europe and beyond. A range of governmental and political projects swirl around the …

This substantially revised edition of a highly topical text draws upon theory from Marx and
Bourdieu to offer a clearer understanding of community in capitalist society. The book takes …

Researchers in the field of housing studies only seldom employ a 'politics perspective',
analysing the political games and processes of housing provision and the political …

This article considers the ideology underpinning the 2010 UK Government's welfare reform
agenda in order to foreground what we see as the contradictions of localism and its …

This article sets out to critically explore the expanding and contested vocabulary of
'responsible citizenship'as it relates to homeless people in a small market town in rural …

This evidence review explores research into tenant participation in social housing. It
discusses conceptual issues, approaches to tenant participation and how these have …

Provision of affordable housing for low-income groups is constrained precariously in Punjab,
the largest province of Pakistan, because of a complex institutional framework and …

In urban neighbourhoods, there is an enduring problem with inequality in participation.
Middle-aged, higher educated, white men are often overrepresented. Research indicates …

The Tenants' Movement is both a history of tenant organization and mobilization, and a
guide to understanding how the struggles of tenant organizers have come to shape housing …

The literature that explores relationships between lay and professional stakeholders in
community participation generally suggests that professionals perceive five main difficulties …