Housing policy in the UK: the importance of spatial nuance
Housing policy in the UK: the importance of spatial nuance
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DOI：
10.1080/02673037.2016.1181722
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发表时间：
2017-01
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影响因子：
3.2
通讯作者：
Kimberly D. McKee;J. Muir;T. Moore
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作者：
Kimberly D. McKee;J. Muir;T. Moore
摘要自20世纪90年代末以来，英国一直在进行宪法改革，当时在北方爱尔兰、苏格兰和威尔士建立了权力下放的政府。随着权力下放的发展，住房政策出现了更大的分歧趋势，这使人们对任何“英国经验”的概念产生了疑问。虽然2014年苏格兰独立公投再次将宪法改革重新提上政治议程，但权力下放政府与英国威斯敏斯特政府之间的紧张关系仍然存在，英格兰在政策方面越来越成为局外人。通过社会建构主义的思想，强调住房的政治，本文借鉴了政策叙述的分析，强调需要更大的地理敏感性。这不仅需要更多的空间细微差别，还需要认识到这些差异是由英国不同地区不同的政治叙事所支撑的。这种对政策基础政治的强调在其他地理环境中具有国际意义。
Abstract The UK has been engaged in an ongoing process of constitutional reform since the late 1990s, when devolved administrations were established in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. As devolution has evolved there has been a greater trend towards divergence in housing policy, which calls into question any notion of a ‘UK experience’. Whilst the 2014 Scottish independence referendum again returned constitutional reform high onto the political agenda, there still remain tensions between devolved governments and the UK Government in Westminster, with England increasingly becoming the outlier in policy terms. Informed by ideas of social constructionism, which emphasises the politics of housing, this paper draws on an analysis of policy narratives to highlight the need for greater geographical sensitivity. This requires not only more spatial nuance, but also a recognition that these differences are underpinned by divergent political narratives in different parts of the UK. This emphasis on the politics underpinning policy has relevance internationally in other geographical contexts.