Housing Conflicts in the Irish Countryside: Uses and Abuses of Postcolonial Narratives

Landscape Research

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 91-114

  Scott, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

contested landscapes; Irish Rural Dwellers Association (IRDA); postcolonial; rural housing

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL LANDSCAPE; HOUSING; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; NATIONAL IDENTITY; POLICY MAKING; POST-COLONIALISM; PROPERTY RIGHTS; RURAL POLICY; RURAL SOCIETY; SOCIAL CONFLICT;

IRELAND;

EID: 84858049961     PISSN: 01426397     EISSN: 14699710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01426397.2011.637620     Document Type: Article

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