Neoliberalism, economic restructuring and policy change: Precarious housing and precarious employment in Australia

Urban Studies

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1542-1558

  Beer, Andrew ^a   Bentley, Rebecca ^b   Baker, Emma ^c   Mason, Kate ^b   Mallett, Shelley ^b   Kavanagh, Anne ^b   LaMontagne, Tony ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

economic outcomes; precarious housing; risk; social policy; sole parents

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; ECONOMIC POLICY; ECONOMIC STRUCTURE; HOUSING CONDITIONS; HOUSING MARKET; LABOR MARKET; NEOLIBERALISM; VULNERABILITY;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84966714102     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098015596922     Document Type: Review

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