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Few aspects of austerity politics have been as divisive as the `Bedroom Tax'. This book provides a vivid and authoritative assessment of the impact of social housing reform on tenants and society, using personal stories from one estate to explore its connections to issues including housing precarity, poverty and damage to social networks.

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“Focussing on the so called 'bedroom tax' this book aptly exposes the particularly cruel turn in recent policies directed towards those with the least. The book shows very clearly how grossly damaging, unnecessary and unfair policies can be completely misrepresented as necessary, just and fair.” Tracy Shildrick, Newcastle University

Table of Contents
Introduction: the repositioning of social housing and welfare provision Life without state-supported housing Living in a state of insecurity Social housing insecurity as policy and ideology Divisive social policy: the competition for physical and symbolic resources Community and belonging Housing precarity and advanced marginality in the UK

The Divisive State of Social Policy

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      Publisher: Policy Press
      Publication Date: 11/09/2019
      ISBN13: 9781447350538, 978-1447350538
      ISBN10: 1447350537
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Few aspects of austerity politics have been as divisive as the `Bedroom Tax'. This book provides a vivid and authoritative assessment of the impact of social housing reform on tenants and society, using personal stories from one estate to explore its connections to issues including housing precarity, poverty and damage to social networks.

      Trade Review
      “Focussing on the so called 'bedroom tax' this book aptly exposes the particularly cruel turn in recent policies directed towards those with the least. The book shows very clearly how grossly damaging, unnecessary and unfair policies can be completely misrepresented as necessary, just and fair.” Tracy Shildrick, Newcastle University

      Table of Contents
      Introduction: the repositioning of social housing and welfare provision Life without state-supported housing Living in a state of insecurity Social housing insecurity as policy and ideology Divisive social policy: the competition for physical and symbolic resources Community and belonging Housing precarity and advanced marginality in the UK

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