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Property, Planning and Protest is a compelling new investigation into public opposition to housing and real estate development. Its innovative materialist approach is grounded in the political economy of land value and it recognises conflict between communities and real estate capital as a struggle over land and property rights.
List of contents
Chapter 1: The Politics of Housing Supply. Chapter 2: Land as a Financial Asset. Chapter 3: Housing Need or Greed. Chapter 4: The Inclusive Rights of Property. Chapter 5: Housing as a Collective Concern. Chapter 6: Down to Earth. Bibliography. Index.
About the author
Quintin Bradley is a Senior Lecturer in Planning and Housing at Leeds Beckett University and leads research into community planning, housing justice, and social policy.
Property, Planning and Protest is the fruit of extensive research with amenity groups and housing and land campaigners over a ten-year period. Quintin has published extensively in peer-reviewed international journals and is the author of
Localism and Neighbourhood Planning: Power to the People? published by Policy Press in January 2017 and
The Tenants' Movement published by Routledge in 2015. A former investigative journalist and activist in squatting and housing rights campaigns, Quintin worked for many years to support and advise tenant-led organisations and federations of residents' associations engaged in housing and planning policy.
Summary
Property, Planning and Protest is a compelling new investigation into public opposition to housing and real estate development. Its innovative materialist approach is grounded in the political economy of land value and it recognises conflict between communities and real estate capital as a struggle over land and property rights.
