The social forces and politics of housing research: Reflections from within the academy

Housing, Theory and Society

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 233-247

  Atkinson, Rowland ^a   Jacobs, Keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Policymaking; Politics of research; Reflexivity; Social change

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; COMPLEXITY; HOUSING POLICY; POLICY MAKING; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL HOUSING;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 71649100677     PISSN: 14036096     EISSN: 16512278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14036090802057364     Document Type: Article

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