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Governing Independence and Expertise
Morag McDermont
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Description for Governing Independence and Expertise
Paperback. This book explains the not-for-profit housing sector in England, focusing on its representative body, the National Housing Federation. Num Pages: 202 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JKS; LNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 338.
Shortlisted for the SLSA-Hart Socio-Legal Book Prize 2011 Governing, Independence and Expertise tells the story of the not-for-profit housing sector in England, focusing on its representative body, the National Housing Federation. The story tells of how the Federation and associations influenced their own space of governing through deploying discourses of independence and expertise; how being governed, and governing, become, at times, one and the same. The National Federation of Housing Societies was born in 1935 out of the apparent failure of housing societies, associations and charitable trusts to tackle the 'problem of the slums'. Its story was a familiar one ... Read more
Shortlisted for the SLSA-Hart Socio-Legal Book Prize 2011 Governing, Independence and Expertise tells the story of the not-for-profit housing sector in England, focusing on its representative body, the National Housing Federation. The story tells of how the Federation and associations influenced their own space of governing through deploying discourses of independence and expertise; how being governed, and governing, become, at times, one and the same. The National Federation of Housing Societies was born in 1935 out of the apparent failure of housing societies, associations and charitable trusts to tackle the 'problem of the slums'. Its story was a familiar one ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Hart Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
202
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Number of Pages
202
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781841139890
SKU
V9781841139890
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Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-10
About Morag McDermont
Morag McDermont is a Lecturer in Law at the University of Bristol.
Reviews for Governing Independence and Expertise
This is a major addition to the literature on the history of the English housing associations sector...It has pride of place on my bookshelf. David Mullins International Journal of Housing Policy Volume 12, Number 2 ...the book succeeds in moving the debate on and adding to discussion of the independence and incorporation of housing associations and can be used in ... Read more