Hodkinson Safe as houses

Private greed, political negligence and housing policy after Grenfell
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-1-5261-5464-4
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: PC/MAC/eReader/Tablet

E-Book, Englisch, 272 Seiten

Reihe: Manchester Capitalism

As the tragedy of the Grenfell tower fire has slowly revealed a shadowy background of outsourcing, private finance initiatives and a council turning a blind eye to health and safety concerns, many questions need answers.
Stuart Hodkinson has those answers.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hodkinson, Stuart

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Humangeographie
• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Kommunal- und Baurecht Raumordnung, Städtebau, Wohnungsbaurecht
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of boxes, figures and tables
Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
Introduction: Grenfell and the return of ‘social murder’
1 Privatisation and the death of public housing
2 Outsourcing on steroids: regeneration meets the Private Finance Initiative
3 Partners for improvement? Corporate vandalism in Islington and Camden
4 Not fit for purpose: the Myatts Field North PFI horror show
5 The accountability vacuum
6 Follow the money: who profits and how
7 After Grenfell: safe and secure homes for all
Appendix 1 List of formal interviews cited in book

Über Autor(innen)

Stuart Hodkinson is Associate Professor in Critical Urban Geography at the University of Leeds