Housing Women

Sommario

1. Introduction 2. Women and the Meaning of Home 3. Women and Owner Occupation in Britain: First the Prince then the Palace? 4. Women and Participation 5. Older Women and Housing - Prospects for the 1990s 6. Black Women and Housing 7. Young Women and Homelessness 8. The Struggle Has Never Simply Been About Bricks and Mortar: Lesbians' Experience of Housing 9. Snakes or Ladders? - Women and Equal Opportunities in Education and Training for Housing 10. Women Achievers in Housing: the Career Paths of Women Chief Housing Officers 11. Questioning the American Dream: Recent Housing Innovations in the United States 12. Innovative Housing in the UK and Europe 13. An Agenda for Action: Issues of Choice, Freedom and Control

Info autore

Rose Gilroy is Lecturer in Housing Policy and Management at the University of Newcastle. Roberta Woods is Lecturer in Social Policy, also at the University of Newcastle.

Riassunto

Explores the impact of policy on specific groups of women and the role that they play as both tenants and managers in shpaing a service and housing design around their particular needs.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Con la collaborazione di: Rose Gilroy (Editore), Gilroy Rose (Editore), Roberta Woods (Editore), Woods Roberta (Editore)
• Editore: Taylor and Francis
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 20.10.1994
• EAN: 9780415094627
• ISBN: 978-0-415-09462-7
• Pagine: 294
• Dimensioni: 138 mm x 216 mm x 23 mm
• Peso: 710 g
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Sistema politico; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, Medicine, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography, Social Work, Social issues & processes, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Gender studies: women, Social and ethical issues, Gender studies: women and girls, Medicine and Nursing