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This ground-breaking and compelling book shows in fine detail the life struggles of those who live on a public housing estate in Dublin. Combining long-term research into residents' lived experience with critical realist theory, it provides a completely fresh perspective on public housing in Ireland and arguably, beyond.

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1. Introduction PART I: Ethography 2. Should I Stay or Should I Go? 3. Work Ethic 1 4. Work Ethic 2 5. The Food Chain 6. Means Ends 7. What Goes Around Comes Around 8. Fragile Beings 9. The Word PART II: Critical Realism and Public Housing 10. From Manifest Phenomena to Generative Structures 11. Class as The Production of Scarcity: Wage, Price, Debt, Food 12. Women and the Affective Domain of the Bridgetown Estate 13. Class Geography: Part of No Part

Its Not Where You Live Its How You Live

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      Publisher Bristol University Press
      Published 5 January 2023
      ISBN-13 9781447368229
      978-1447368229
      ISBN-10 1447368223
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      Earth Sciences, Geography & Environment Urban and municipal planning and policy Politics, Philosophy & Society Housing and homelessness Social discrimination and social justice

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This ground-breaking and compelling book shows in fine detail the life struggles of those who live on a public housing estate in Dublin. Combining long-term research into residents' lived experience with critical realist theory, it provides a completely fresh perspective on public housing in Ireland and arguably, beyond.

      Table of Contents
      1. Introduction PART I: Ethography 2. Should I Stay or Should I Go? 3. Work Ethic 1 4. Work Ethic 2 5. The Food Chain 6. Means Ends 7. What Goes Around Comes Around 8. Fragile Beings 9. The Word PART II: Critical Realism and Public Housing 10. From Manifest Phenomena to Generative Structures 11. Class as The Production of Scarcity: Wage, Price, Debt, Food 12. Women and the Affective Domain of the Bridgetown Estate 13. Class Geography: Part of No Part

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