Commodification, normalisation and intervention: Cultural, social and symbolic capital in housing consumption and governance Export

@article{citeulike:172175, abstract = { This paper relates the governance of anti-social behaviour in the UK to a wider policy conceptualisation of social housing as a flawed and problematic form of housing consumption. Drawing on the theoretical work of Bourdieu and Foucault, the paper identifies how the habitus of housing consumption is shaped by acts of governance including classification, legitimisation, normalisation and targeted intervention. The paper argues that dominant governance discourses relate problems arising within social housing to assumed distinctions in the cultural, social and symbolic capital ascribed to commodified and `branded' housing tenures, thereby marginalising the importance of differential access to economic capital in the conceptualisation of UK housing policy.}, author = {Flint, J. and Rowlands, R.}, citeulike-article-id = {172175}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/klu/joho/2003/00000018/00000003/05140703}, issn = {1566-4910}, journal = {Journal of Housing and the Built Environment}, keywords = {bourdieu, foucault, governance}, month = {September}, number = {3}, pages = {213--232}, posted-at = {2005-04-27 12:59:46}, priority = {2}, title = {Commodification, normalisation and intervention: Cultural, social and symbolic capital in housing consumption and governance}, url = {http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/klu/joho/2003/00000018/00000003/05140703}, volume = {18}, year = {2003} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:172175 L3 - citeulike-article-id:172175 N2 - This paper relates the governance of anti-social behaviour in the UK to a wider policy conceptualisation of social housing as a flawed and problematic form of housing consumption. Drawing on the theoretical work of Bourdieu and Foucault, the paper identifies how the habitus of housing consumption is shaped by acts of governance including classification, legitimisation, normalisation and targeted intervention. The paper argues that dominant governance discourses relate problems arising within social housing to assumed distinctions in the cultural, social and symbolic capital ascribed to commodified and `branded' housing tenures, thereby marginalising the importance of differential access to economic capital in the conceptualisation of UK housing policy. IS - 3 JF - Journal of Housing and the Built Environment SN - 1566-4910 EP - 232 TI - Commodification, normalisation and intervention: Cultural, social and symbolic capital in housing consumption and governance VL - 18 SP - 213 KW - bourdieu KW - foucault KW - governance AU - Flint, J AU - Rowlands, R PY - 2003/09// UR - http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/klu/joho/2003/00000018/00000003/05140703 ER -