Housing, Social Policy and Difference: Disability, Ethnicity, Gender and Housing

by Malcolm Harrison and Cathy Davis

Book Overview

Issues of 'difference' are on the agenda right across the social sciences, and are encountered daily by practitioners in policy fields. A central question is how the welfare state and its institutions respond to impairment, ethnicity and gender. This book provides an invaluable overview of key issues set in the context of housing.Touching on concerns ranging from minority ethnic housing needs to the housing implications of domestic violence, this...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1861341873
• ISBN13: 9781861341877
• Release Date: April 2001
• Publisher: Policy Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.7" x 8.5"