One Housing policy: coming in from the cold?
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Brian Lund
Abstract
This chapter reviews housing policy from 2002 to 2003. It presents a detailed discussion of the changes in housing procedures and the implications of the recent Barker Review of housing supply and the Communities Plan. It is argued that the publication of these two documents may be considered as the beginning of an important shift in policy direction. The marked decline of state intervention in influencing supply and affordability of homes during the 1990s is described. The chapter ends with a critical assessment of the plans for a more extensive and targeted state intervention in the housing market.
Abstract
This chapter reviews housing policy from 2002 to 2003. It presents a detailed discussion of the changes in housing procedures and the implications of the recent Barker Review of housing supply and the Communities Plan. It is argued that the publication of these two documents may be considered as the beginning of an important shift in policy direction. The marked decline of state intervention in influencing supply and affordability of homes during the 1990s is described. The chapter ends with a critical assessment of the plans for a more extensive and targeted state intervention in the housing market.
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents iii
- Notes on contributors v
- Introduction 1
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Developments in UK social policy
- Housing policy: coming in from the cold? 13
- The NHS in England: from modernisation to marketisation? 29
- Developments in social security 45
- The rise of the meritocracy? New Labour and education in the second term 61
- The personal social services 81
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Social policy in the wider context
- ‘Scottish solutions to Scottish problems’? Social welfare in Scotland since devolution 101
- The primacy of ideology: social policy and the first term of the National Assembly for Wales 121
- Attlee versus Blair: Labour governments and progressive social policy in historical perspective 143
- Christian democracy, social democracy and the continental ‘welfare without work’ syndrome 167
- Activation through thick and thin: progressive approaches to labour market activation 187
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Social policy since 1979 – the impact of Thatcherism
- Social policy since 1979: a view from the right 211
- Mrs Thatcher’s legacy: getting it in perspective 231
- Privatisation, privatisation, privatisation: the British welfare state since 1979 251
- Social policy since 1979: a view from the USA 271
- Index 291
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents iii
- Notes on contributors v
- Introduction 1
-
Developments in UK social policy
- Housing policy: coming in from the cold? 13
- The NHS in England: from modernisation to marketisation? 29
- Developments in social security 45
- The rise of the meritocracy? New Labour and education in the second term 61
- The personal social services 81
-
Social policy in the wider context
- ‘Scottish solutions to Scottish problems’? Social welfare in Scotland since devolution 101
- The primacy of ideology: social policy and the first term of the National Assembly for Wales 121
- Attlee versus Blair: Labour governments and progressive social policy in historical perspective 143
- Christian democracy, social democracy and the continental ‘welfare without work’ syndrome 167
- Activation through thick and thin: progressive approaches to labour market activation 187
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Social policy since 1979 – the impact of Thatcherism
- Social policy since 1979: a view from the right 211
- Mrs Thatcher’s legacy: getting it in perspective 231
- Privatisation, privatisation, privatisation: the British welfare state since 1979 251
- Social policy since 1979: a view from the USA 271
- Index 291
