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Governmentality as critique: the diversification and regulation of the Australian housing sector
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Jacobs, KA and Travers, MH, Governmentality as critique: the diversification and regulation of the Australian housing sector, International Journal of Housing Policy, 15, (3) pp. 304-322. ISSN 1949-1247 (2015) [Refereed Article]
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DOI: doi:10.1080/14616718.2015.1046209
Abstract
As the housing affordability crisis in Australia deepens, policy-makers have
expended considerable resources in establishing new regulatory practices to
enhance the role of the community housing sector. Ostensibly, the rationale for
a new tier of regulation is to assure potential institutional investors (e.g.
pension funds, investment trusts and banks) that community housing
organisations are accountable and safe places to invest. Our paper adopts an
alternative reading of diversity and housing regulation, drawing upon the
governmentality thesis advanced by Michel Foucault in an empirical study
about the early stages of regulation of affordable housing providers. Amongst
our claims are: first, that policies to diversify and regulate the housing sector
constitute a radical political project to commercialise welfare provision and
second, these policies are likely to generate additional bureaucratic burdens and
close off possibilities for progressive reform. The paper also considers the
value of the governmentality approach for critical investigations in the field of
housing.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | Australia; housing policy; regulation; governmentality; Foucault |
Research Division: | Human Society |
Research Group: | Sociology |
Research Field: | Urban sociology and community studies |
Objective Division: | Law, Politics and Community Services |
Objective Group: | Government and politics |
Objective Field: | Public services policy advice and analysis |
UTAS Author: | Jacobs, KA (Professor Keith Jacobs) |
UTAS Author: | Travers, MH (Associate Professor Max Travers) |
ID Code: | 101445 |
Year Published: | 2015 |
Deposited By: | School of Social Sciences |
Deposited On: | 2015-06-24 |
Last Modified: | 2017-11-27 |
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