The writings of Colin ward and the legacy of anarchism for housing studies
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6427652 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Keith Jacobs (0000-0002-1377-0069, University of Tasmania, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 1477-1494 |
| Publication date | 2024-06-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Housing Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0267-3037 • E-ISSN: 1466-1810 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02673037.2024.2359411 |
| OpenAlex | W4399297447 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 24 |
British anarchist Colin Ward (1922–2010) wrote extensively on housing issues. His work offers insights on governmental power and alternative forms of organisation. Whilst Ward's views have been discussed in social theory his housing analysis has been somewhat overlooked. The article addresses this gap by situating Ward within a post war intellectual milieu as well as housing concerns such as: private property and household autonomy; the role of the state; and tenant participation. The main part of the article explores the relevance of Ward's work for addressing housing challenges. It is claimed that Ward's writings offer both a trenchant critique of managerially inspired policies and a set of political interventions that merit consideration. The concluding discussion assesses the value of Ward's contribution and some of the problematic issues that arise from his analysis
Sociology · History · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Political Economy and Marxism
Class, Capital and Social Policy
The People's Home?
Citizenship and Social Class
Socialism in a Cold Climate
Listen, Anarchist!’ A personal response to Simon Springer’s ‘Why a radical geography must be anarchist’
Forgotten Plotlanders
Getting ‘Out There’ and Impacting
Care and Resistance to Neoliberal Reform in Social Housing
Shadow care infrastructures
Who Decides and Who Provides? The Anarchistic Housing Practices of John Turner as Realizations of Henri Lefebvre’s Autogestive Space
Self‐help Housing
Making anarchism respectable? The social philosophy of Colin Ward
The limits of localism
A British Anarchist Tradition
Utopianism and anarchism
From Max Weber
Normalizing Christiania
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |