Of tidy gardens and clean houses: Housing officers as agents of social control

Geoforum

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 587-599

  Saugeres, Lise ^a  

^a Sant'Antonio Abate Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Control; Discourse; Gardens; Houses; Housing management; Norms of cleanliness; Underclass

Indexed keywords

HOUSING MANAGEMENT; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; REGULATORY APPROACH; RENTAL SECTOR; SOCIAL POLICY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033823183     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7185(00)00025-7     Document Type: Article

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