The social construction of housing management discourse: Objectivity, rationality and everyday practice

Housing, Theory and Society

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 93-105

  Saugeres, Lise ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discourse; Housing management; Public housing; Rational objective; Social construction

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; HOUSING MANAGEMENT; POLITICAL DISCOURSE; SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032731635     PISSN: 14036096     EISSN: 16512278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14036099950149965     Document Type: Article

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