Governing Independence and Expertise
Hart Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-84113-989-0 (ISBN)
Shortlisted for the SLSA-Hart Socio-Legal Book Prize 2011 Governing, Independence and Expertise tells the story of the not-for-profit housing sector in England, focusing on its representative body, the National Housing Federation. The story tells of how the Federation and associations influenced their own space of governing through deploying discourses of independence and expertise; how being governed, and governing, become, at times, one and the same. The National Federation of Housing Societies was born in 1935 out of the apparent failure of housing societies, associations and charitable trusts to tackle the 'problem of the slums'. Its story was a familiar one - organisations have often set up collective structures to facilitate intervention in government. Viewed historically the success of the project is, nevertheless, remarkable, given that the housing association sector is now a major force in social housing provision. Moreover housing associations have pioneered many programmes which are central to our 'modernised' welfare state - such as private finance, independence and entrepreneurialism.
Through the story of the Federation, the book examines the role of non-governmental actors in mechanisms of governing, engaging contemporary debates about public services and the nature of the 'social' - the limits of the role of the not-for-profit sector; the impact of private funders; and the disappearance of the notion of 'public'.
Morag McDermont is a Lecturer in Law at the University of Bristol.
1 Housing, Governing and History Introduction On Housing On Governing On History The Rest of the Book 2 The Story of the National Housing Federation: An Overview Beginnings: The Problem of the Slums 'A New Start': The Federation after the Second World War Transformations 1: The 1960s, 1970s and 1980s Transformations 2: Private Finance and Voluntary Transfer Conclusion 3 Unacceptable Boundaries of Charity Regulation Introduction Charity Law and the Housing Association Sector: A Historical Introduction Housing Associations Challenged The Housing Association Model and Third Sector Transformation Conclusion 4 Governing Locally: Housing Associations and Local Government Introduction The Technicalities of Governing Locally Nomination Agreements: Contestation and Partnership Stock Transfer; Coercive Practices and the Recurring Problematic of Nominations Conclusion 5 Territorialising Regulation: Creating a National Regulatory Community Introduction Regulatory Space, Regulatory Territory Making the Housing Act 1974: Defining Territory A New Territory of Regulation Conclusion 6 Money Introduction Structuring Relations through the Language of Finance The Federation Intervenes The Impact of the Housing Act 1988: Reshaping Housing Associations Conclusion: Into the Future? 7 Shelter, the Federation and Social Movements Introduction The Formation of Shelter Challenging Homelessness: Housing Aid and the Homeless Persons Act 1977 Shelter and Housing Associations: A 'Movement' Moving Apart? Conclusion: Some Reflections on Being a 'Movement' 8 'Independent Spirit' Introduction Securing Independence States of Dependence Conclusion
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 9.4.2010 |
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Verlagsort | Oxford |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
Themenwelt | Recht / Steuern ► Arbeits- / Sozialrecht ► Sozialrecht |
Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
ISBN-10 | 1-84113-989-0 / 1841139890 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-84113-989-0 / 9781841139890 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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