Slum Clearance : The Social and Administrative Context in England and Wales.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (226 pages)
- Routledge Library Editions: Urban Studies .
- Routledge Library Editions: Urban Studies .
Cover page -- Halftitle page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- 2 A CENTURY OF SLUM CLEARANCE -- 3 SLUM CLEARANCE IN PRINCIPLE AND IN PRACTICE -- 4 HOUSING ALLOCATION IN CENTRALISED SYSTEMS - NEWCASTLE, MANCHESTER AND TOWER HAMLETS -- 5 HOUSING ALLOCATION IN DECENTRALISED SYSTEMS - LEEDS AND LIVERPOOL -- 6 RESIDENTS' KNOWLEDGE OF THE SLUM CLEARANCE PROCESS -- 7 SOME DETERMINANTS OF ATTITUDES TOWARDS MOVING -- 8 HOUSING MARKET SITUATION AND ATTITUDES TOWARDS MOVING -- 9 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- Appendix -- APPENDIX A: SUPPLEMENTARY TABLES -- APPENDIX Β: DEFINITIONS AND CLASSIFICATIONS -- APPENDIX C: RESEARCH METHODS -- APPENDIX D -- INDEX.
Originally published in 1976. Slum clearance is a particularly significant process because it places the ordinary citizen in a state of extreme dependence on his local authority. The local authority not only destroys his existing environment but controls access to a replacement council house. This book highlights both the control over the life chances of individual citizens which local government can exercise and the potential impotence of citizens caught up in a complex bureaucratic process.