Routledge Selling the Welfare State - Privatisation of Public Housing

Originally published in 1988, this Routledge Revivals edition provides the first comprehensive and critical analysis of public housing privatisation in Britain. The book traces the historical development of public housing growth and examines the evolving political debates surrounding its disposal. Rather than focusing solely on privatisation mechanics, it explores how housing policy changes connected to broader shifts in British society, linking the transformation of social housing into a welfare sector with evidence of increasing social polarisation and segregation. This scholarly work contextualises housing privatisation within the larger framework of social and economic change, making it essential reading for economists, policy analysts, and anyone interested in understanding the long-term consequences of housing policy decisions on British communities and social structures.