Space, Power and Participation Ethnic and Gender Divisions in Tenants' Participation in Public Housing

Dealing with the theoretical and practical issues surrounding the relationship between social and physical space, this absorbing book examines the complex relationship between individuals, collectivities and the welfare state. It also considers how ethnicity and gender issues figure in these practical relationships both at a general level and in housing processes in particular.The research is based upon an investigation that analyzed the decision-making processes in housing in order to see the extent to which tenants are able to participate in these processes. Three different types of housing projects were studied in depth: council-managed estates, tenant management co-operatives, and self-build projects. In each of these projects, the degree of tenant involvement in housing processes varied considerably.This volume focuses in particular on the social divisions of ethnicity and gender, and the related notions of 'power'/'empowerment', 'identity'/'difference', 'participation' and the 'community' socially and spatially both at macro and local levels.Uguris, Tijen is the author of 'Space, Power and Participation Ethnic and Gender Divisions in Tenants' Participation in Public Housing' with ISBN 9780754634768 and ISBN 0754634760.