(De)constructing a policy ‘failure’
Housing stock transfer in Glasgow
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12888705 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Aileen Kearns (0000-0003-3198-8392, University of Glasgow, corresponding author), Louise Lawson (University of Glasgow) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 449-470 |
| Publication date | 2009-11-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Evidence & Policy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1744-2648 • E-ISSN: 1744-2656 |
| Publisher | Policy Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1332/174426409x478789 |
| OpenAlex | W2088898556 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
The most significant housing stock transfer in the UK took place in Glasgow in 2003. It has been widely and repeatedly depicted as a policy ‘failure’, by both journalists and informed critics. This article evaluates the specific claims of failure by looking at developments to date and the available evidence. It uses an available theoretical framework to consider how such judgements have been arrived at, revealing the biases contained therein. The label of ‘failure’ is rejected, but policy deficiencies are identified; again, a theoretical framework is used to relate these weaknesses to the nature of the politics involved in the formation and oversight of the policy
Actuarial science · Economics · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Public economics · Stock (firearms · Strengths and weaknesses · History · Housing Market and Economics · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Law · Political and Economic history of UK and US · Psychology · Public Administration · Social Psychology
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| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2012 - 2017 (6) |
| Highly cited | No |