Marginalised Voices: Resisting the Privatisation of Council Housing in Glasgow
- 1 February 2005
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Local Economy: The Journal of the Local Economy Policy Unit
- Vol. 20 (1) , 27-39
- https://doi.org/10.1080/0269094042000313593
Abstract
This paper explores the opposition to housing stock transfer in Glasgow in the early 1990s. Taking the position of anti-transfer campaigners, it argues that transfer can be interpreted as a form of ‘privatisation’ involving a profound restructuring in the role of the state in a key heartland area of welfare provision. Using interviews from housing campaigners in Glasgow, the paper argues that the much-heralded rhetoric about housing stock transfer as promoting tenant choice is highly contentious and misleading. The paper includes by highlighting that dispite the move to transfer in Glasgow, there remains a significant campaign against transfer in other parts of the UK.Keywords
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