Housing Women

Zusatztext `The great value of the collection is that it brings together in a single place a number of diverse issues relating to women and housing. ... This is useful book and, as the authors intended, offers a broad and accessible introduction to students from a range of disciplines of the relevant issues.' - Housing Studies Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Rose Gilroy, Rose Woods Gilroy, GILROY ROSE WOODS ROBERTA
• Con la collaborazione di: Rose Gilroy (Editore), Gilroy Rose (Editore), Roberta Woods (Editore), Woods Roberta (Editore)
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 20.10.1994
• EAN: 9780415094634
• ISBN: 978-0-415-09463-4
• Pagine: 296
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Geoscienze > Geografia; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Sistema politico; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Pedagogia > Pedagogia sociale, assistenza sociale; 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