Social Welfare Movements and Collective Action: Lessons from Two UK Housing Cases

Harrison, Malcolm; Reeve, Kesia

doi:10.1080/0267303022000009790

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“…A minority deliberately sought out 'alternative' forms of housing, such as squatting, co-operatives and short-life tenancies, which were prominent in London during the 1970s (Harrison & Reeve, 2002). Living in such alternative housing was part of the radical politics several were heavily involved in when they were younger.…”

Section: Pre-council Housing Experiencesmentioning

confidence: 98%

“…These kinds of policies were a legacy of the political agenda of the new urban Left which was ascendant in inner London during the 1970s and early 1980s, but can also be regarded as the result of pressure from alternative housing movements such as squatters (Harrison & Reeve, 2002). Among the Camden interviewees, Julia had originally entered local authority housing in south London when she was a student.…”

Section: Entry Into Council Housingmentioning

confidence: 98%

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Housing Histories and Fragmented Middle-class Careers: The Case of Marginal Professionals in London Council Housing

Watt

2005

Housing Studies

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This paper contributes towards understanding the dynamics of employment and housing among the middle classes with reference to a study of 'marginal professionals' living in London council housing. Using employment and housing history data drawn from interviews with professionals who rented flats from Camden Council in inner London, it is argued that they constitute an economically marginal part of the new middle class, that section of the middle classes typically associated with inner-city gentrification. The professionals in council housing were a mixture of self-employed artists and public sector welfare and educational employees, and the occupational career paths of this mainly female group tended to take fragmented forms. The paper also demonstrates the relevance of political and social values for understanding the location of these professionals within the London housing market. It is suggested that although the presence of the middle classes among council tenants in inner London boroughs such as Camden is likely to decline, the socio-economic and demographic factors underpinning the creation of marginal professionals are likely to persist.

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Section: Pre-council Housing Experiencesmentioning

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Section: Entry Into Council Housingmentioning

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Housing Histories and Fragmented Middle-class Careers: The Case of Marginal Professionals in London Council Housing

Watt

2005

Housing Studies

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“…Particularly prominent were the UK tenants and squatters movements, which protested local authorities’ housing policy and addressed a dire housing need by direct action while also exploring and practising alternative life styles challenging Fordist norms (eg Kay et al , 2007 on the tenants movements; Bailey, 1976 and Reeve, 2005, 2009 on the squatters movements). Also movements around welfare benefits, the so-called claimant unions, were quite visible within the terrain of urban activism at the time (eg Rose, 1973; Harrison and Reeve, 2002).…”

Section: Urban Theories and Contestations In Pahl’s 1960smentioning

confidence: 99%

Whose city? From Ray Pahl’s critique of the Keynesian city to the contestations around neoliberal urbanism

Mayer

2017

The Sociological Review

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It is instructive to look at Pahl’s Whose City? from today’s perspective, though urban development and governance, in fact the very definition of the urban, have fundamentally transformed over these last 50 years. Comparing and contrasting the meaning of Whose City? then and now allows for a critical reflection of the changes neoliberal restructuring has wrought on urban landscapes and various stakeholders struggling over (the definition of and access to) the city. Such comparison helps to shed light on the (changing) role of urban sociology and urban theory in these transformation processes in general and on the ways in which critical urbanism has changed in response to these processes in particular.

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“…Part of the reason for such success has been the BVHM's ability to be seen as holders of specialised knowledge on all related issues. As such many housing governance bodies, such as the Housing Corporation, have included the BVHM in various housing partnership networks (Harrison and Reeve, 2002).…”

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The Hollowing Out of the Welfare State and Social Capital

Roberts

Devine

2003

Social Policy & Society

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Social capital has become an increasingly popular concept within some academic and government circles as a means of exploring how communities can embark upon a process of civic renewal by establishing bridges of reciprocity between community members from diverse social and cultural backgrounds. In this article we place the popularity of social capital within the historical context of the ‘hollowing out of the welfare state’. This allows us to highlight four interrelated problems that hollowing out processes pose for the establishment of social capital in the UK today.

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Social Welfare Movements and Collective Action: Lessons from Two UK Housing Cases

Cited by 6 publications

References 10 publications

Housing Histories and Fragmented Middle-class Careers: The Case of Marginal Professionals in London Council Housing

Housing Histories and Fragmented Middle-class Careers: The Case of Marginal Professionals in London Council Housing

Whose city? From Ray Pahl’s critique of the Keynesian city to the contestations around neoliberal urbanism

The Hollowing Out of the Welfare State and Social Capital

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