Everyday Discourses of Support and Resistance
The Case of the Australian Social Housing Initiative
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12633826 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kristian Ruming (0000-0003-1065-9530, Macquarie University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 450-471 |
| Publication date | 2015-06-09 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Housing Theory and Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1403-6096 • E-ISSN: 1651-2278 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14036096.2015.1048896 |
| OpenAlex | W1564295766 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 38 |
Discourse analysis has a long history in housing studies and is used to explore the role of language in determining meaning and power in the urban policy field. This study explores the competing discourses used to frame new social housing construction in Australia under the Social Housing Initiative, introduced as part of the National Building Economic Stimulus Plan. Drawing on interviews with stakeholders (n = 152) conducted at 21 developments, discourse analysis reveals a series of discursive themes used to represent, support and challenge new social housing provision. Negative, mixed and positive discourses emerge – “Housing Commission” as negative; “public”/“social” housing as mixed; “community” housing as more positive. Each discourse provides a unique representation of the sociocultural, physical or economic values of social housing. The language used reflects the dominant status of home ownership in Australia and the extent to which each of these discursive groupings differ from or align with the ideal of home ownership. While failing to dislodge the powerful status of home ownership, it revealed how the mobilization of discourses which align social housing with the dominant ownership discourse might offer an opportunity for addressing tenure- and place-based stigmatization
Discourse analysis · Economic growth · Economics · Housing tenure · Meaning (existential · Political science · Public housing · Public relations · Resistance (ecology · Sociology · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Psychology · Urban and Rural Development Challenges · Urban Planning and Governance
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,71 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2025 (7) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |