Cathy Davis – författare & böcker

Postal Workers Then and Now

E-bok

PDF, Engelska, 2006

143 kr

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Readers learn about the Postal Service in this enjoyable book that uses examples from the past and the present to allow children to compare and contrast. Through interesting facts, vivid images, supportive text, a glossary, table of contents, and index, readers will learn all about postal service history, mail carriers, the Pony Express, and email.

Finance for Housing

An Introduction

AvCathy Davis

Häftad, Engelska, 2013

497 kr

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The global financial crisis of 2007-08 was triggered by sub-prime mortgage mis-selling in the US and the global sale of these debts as new bonds. Austerity programmes are designed to reduce the borrowing that governments undertook to stabilise failing banking systems but the UK's Coalition government is using 'austerity' as a cover to dismantle the welfare state. Housing is at the forefront of these changes. Mortgages and rental costs are rising as 'the market' dictates them, while people with low incomes now receive substantially less financial help from the welfare state. In this much-needed text by an experienced author with a policy background, current housing finance issues (and their history) are linked with broader social policy and political themes. It covers the finance of building and refurbishment, managing and maintaining property for all the different tenures (owner occupation, council housing, housing association and private renting), and discusses whether current arrangements are sustainable. Written for housing, social policy and politics students and staff, it is also accessible to anyone concerned about housing in Britain today.

Finance for Housing

An Introduction

AvCathy Davis

Inbunden, Engelska, 2013

1 233 kr

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The global financial crisis of 2007-08 was triggered by sub-prime mortgage mis-selling in the US and the global sale of these debts as new bonds. Austerity programmes are designed to reduce the borrowing that governments undertook to stabilise failing banking systems but the UK's Coalition government is using 'austerity' as a cover to dismantle the welfare state. Housing is at the forefront of these changes. Mortgages and rental costs are rising as 'the market' dictates them, while people with low incomes now receive substantially less financial help from the welfare state. In this much-needed text by an experienced author with a policy background, current housing finance issues (and their history) are linked with broader social policy and political themes. It covers the finance of building and refurbishment, managing and maintaining property for all the different tenures (owner occupation, council housing, housing association and private renting), and discusses whether current arrangements are sustainable. Written for housing, social policy and politics students and staff, it is also accessible to anyone concerned about housing in Britain today.

Housing, social policy and difference

Disability, ethnicity, gender and housing

AvCathy Davis,Malcolm Harrison

E-bok

PDF, Engelska, 2001

1 510 kr

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Issues of ''difference'' are on the agenda right across the social sciences, and are encountered daily by practitioners in policy fields. A central question is how the welfare state and its institutions respond to impairment, ethnicity and gender. This book provides an invaluable overview of key issues set in the context of housing.

Touching on concerns ranging from minority ethnic housing needs to the housing implications of domestic violence, this broad-ranging study shows how difference is regulated in housing. It deploys a distinctive theoretical perspective which is applicable to other aspects of the welfare state, and bridges the agency/structure divide.

Housing, social policy and difference:

brings disability, ethnicity and gender into the centre of an analysis of housing policies and practices;

offers a new approach to housing, informed by recent theoretical debates about agency, structure and diversity;

develops the ideas of ''difference within difference'' and ''social regulation'';

looks beyond the concerns of postmodernism to create an original account of difference and structure within the welfare state.

The book will be an important text for students and researchers in housing, social policy, planning, urban studies, sociology, disability studies, gender studies and ethnic relations. It will also interest practitioners committed to greater equalities of opportunities and a fairer society.

Housing associations - rehousing women leaving domestic violence

New challenges and good practice

AvCathy Davis

E-bok

PDF, Engelska, 2003

396 kr

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Housing associations are central to the government''s strategy to improve social housing yet have no direct statutory responsibility for rehousing homeless people. This study critically examines the role of housing associations in responding to the needs of women who have become homeless due to domestic violence. Housing associations - rehousing women leaving domestic violence will fill a gap in the literature for academic staff and students interested in housing studies, social policy, sociology, women''s studies, political studies and organisation/management studies; provide valuable guidance to staff in housing associations and local authorities working in general needs housing, supported housing and homeless services; and provide policy makers with a useful introduction to key issues.

Housing, social policy and difference

Disability, ethnicity, gender and housing

AvMalcolm Harrison,Cathy Davis

Häftad, Engelska, 2001

459 kr

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Issues of 'difference' are on the agenda right across the social sciences, and are encountered daily by practitioners in policy fields. A central question is how the welfare state and its institutions respond to impairment, ethnicity and gender. This book provides an invaluable overview of key issues set in the context of housing.Touching on concerns ranging from minority ethnic housing needs to the housing implications of domestic violence, this broad-ranging study shows how difference is regulated in housing. It deploys a distinctive theoretical perspective which is applicable to other aspects of the welfare state, and bridges the agency/structure divide.Housing, social policy and difference:brings disability, ethnicity and gender into the centre of an analysis of housing policies and practices;offers a new approach to housing, informed by recent theoretical debates about agency, structure and diversity;develops the ideas of 'difference within difference' and 'social regulation';looks beyond the concerns of postmodernism to create an original account of difference and structure within the welfare state.The book will be an important text for students and researchers in housing, social policy, planning, urban studies, sociology, disability studies, gender studies and ethnic relations. It will also interest practitioners committed to greater equalities of opportunities and a fairer society.

Housing, social policy and difference

Disability, ethnicity, gender and housing

AvMalcolm Harrison,Cathy Davis

Inbunden, Engelska, 2001

1 239 kr

Skickas inom 5-8 vardagar

Issues of 'difference' are on the agenda right across the social sciences, and are encountered daily by practitioners in policy fields. A central question is how the welfare state and its institutions respond to impairment, ethnicity and gender. This book provides an invaluable overview of key issues set in the context of housing.Touching on concerns ranging from minority ethnic housing needs to the housing implications of domestic violence, this broad-ranging study shows how difference is regulated in housing. It deploys a distinctive theoretical perspective which is applicable to other aspects of the welfare state, and bridges the agency/structure divide.Housing, social policy and difference:brings disability, ethnicity and gender into the centre of an analysis of housing policies and practices;offers a new approach to housing, informed by recent theoretical debates about agency, structure and diversity;develops the ideas of 'difference within difference' and 'social regulation';looks beyond the concerns of postmodernism to create an original account of difference and structure within the welfare state.The book will be an important text for students and researchers in housing, social policy, planning, urban studies, sociology, disability studies, gender studies and ethnic relations. It will also interest practitioners committed to greater equalities of opportunities and a fairer society.