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The ‘responsible’ tenant and the problem of apathy
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dc.contributor.author | McKee, Kim | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2010-11-30T11:36:57Z | |
dc.date.available | 2010-11-30T11:36:57Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2009-01 | |
dc.identifier.citation | McKee , K 2009 , ' The ‘responsible’ tenant and the problem of apathy ' , Social Policy and Society , vol. 8 , no. 1 , pp. 25-36 . https://doi.org/10.1017/S1474746408004557 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 1474-7464 | |
dc.identifier.other | PURE: 1817415 | |
dc.identifier.other | PURE UUID: fc2ca591-7e32-4282-afe8-6977f96495eb | |
dc.identifier.other | ORCID: /0000-0002-3611-569X/work/32192415 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10023/1505 | |
dc.description.abstract | In the last decade, the UK New Labour government has emphasised tenant participation in housing policy. Consequently, those individuals who decide to opt out of participation processes have been problematised as ‘apathetic’, and identified as needing to be ‘empowered’ through professional interventions. Drawing on research about community ownership in Glasgow, this paper argues that tenants' reasons for not getting involved are more than simply lack of interest. Tenants articulated an instrumental approach to participation, and rejected the conflation of tenant participation with tenant management. Practical barriers also obstructed their latent motivation. | |
dc.format.extent | 11 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Social Policy and Society | en |
dc.rights | (c)2009 Cambridge University Press | en |
dc.subject | HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform | en |
dc.subject.lcc | HN | en |
dc.title | The ‘responsible’ tenant and the problem of apathy | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.description.version | Publisher PDF | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Geography & Sustainable Development | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. School of Geography & Sustainable Development | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. School of Geography and Geosciences | en |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1017/S1474746408004557 | |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
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