Right to a Decent House

Originally published in 1976, this book highlights the problems faced by many inner-city working class communities in 1970s Britain, with particular reference to the Gairbraid housing clearance area of Maryhill, Glasgow.

List of contents

1. Housing: Shortage, Demand and Bureaucracy 2. From Youth Work to Community Action 3. Rehousing As An Issue 4. Forming the Garbraid Housing Committee 5. Organizing Before the Crisis 6. The Start of Rehousing 7. A Week of Action 8. The Threat of Many Gairbraids 9. Organizing For Representation 10. Protest at Clive House 11. The Committee in Retrospect 12. Reform Through Community Action.

Summary

Originally published in 1976, this book highlights the problems faced by many inner-city working class communities in 1970s Britain, with particular reference to the Gairbraid housing clearance area of Maryhill, Glasgow.

Product details

• Authors: Sidney Jacobs, Jacobs Sidney
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.03.2021
• EAN: 9780367682385
• ISBN: 978-0-367-68238-5
• No. of pages: 174
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Housing Policy and Home Ownership
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Poverty & Homelessness, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Work, LAW / Housing & Urban Development, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, Social Work, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Urban & municipal planning, Human Geography, Urban communities, Urban and municipal planning and policy, Settlement, urban and rural geography, Housing & homelessness, Housing and homelessness