The paradox of tenant empowerment: Regulatory and liberatory possibilities

Housing, Theory and Society

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 132-146

  McKee, Kim ^a   Cooper, Vickie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community ownership; Empowerment; Foucault; Governmentality; Social housing; Tenant participation

Indexed keywords

EMPOWERMENT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HOMEOWNERSHIP; POWER RELATIONS; SOCIAL HOUSING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GLASGOW [SCOTLAND]; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 46649118277     PISSN: 14036096     EISSN: 16512278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14036090701657363     Document Type: Article

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