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Public housing and the politics of stigma
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Jacobs, K and Flanagan, KM, Public housing and the politics of stigma, Australian Journal of Social Issues, 48, (3) pp. 319-337. ISSN 0157-6321 (2013) [Refereed Article]
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Copyright 2013 Australian Social Policy Association Incorporated
Official URL: http://www.aspa.org.au/publications/ajsi-issues.ht...
DOI: doi:10.1002/j.1839-4655.2013.tb00285.x
Abstract
This paper considers the problem of stigmatisation towards tenants residin
in public housing. It draws on the findings of a research panel investigation
set up to explore the opportunities available for activists and campaigners
to address stigma and engender a more positive understanding of public
housing and its contribution to ameliorating economic disadvantages.
The deliberations of the panel highlighted that, even within a forum
sympathetic to the goal of addressing stigma, many conceptual, strategic
and practical differences arise and need to be worked through. The paper
reviews these challenges through a discussion of recent academic literature
and a commentary on the contributions made by participants in the panel
discussions. It concludes with the argument that the problem of stigma
needs to be contextualised in a wider political setting that takes account
of the contested aspects of the policy process and the role that powerful
interest groupings have in agenda‑setting, alongside material factors such
as poverty. The stigmatisation of public housing tenants is best understood
as a symptom of systemic forms of inequality and asymmetrical power
relationships. These difficulties also apply to campaigns to tackle the
problem. Supporting forums that allow these power relationships to be
interrogated is the first step towards change.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Research Division: | Studies in 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: | Government and Politics not elsewhere classified |
UTAS Author: | Jacobs, K (Professor Keith Jacobs) |
UTAS Author: | Flanagan, KM (Dr Kathleen Flanagan) |
ID Code: | 87806 |
Year Published: | 2013 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 8 |
Deposited By: | Social Sciences |
Deposited On: | 2013-12-09 |
Last Modified: | 2014-07-30 |
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