Community, Neighbourhood, Responsibility
The Housing Studies Association Autumn Conference
University of Bristol, 9/10 September 2003
Concern with ideas of community and neighbourhood, and with the impacts
of individual behaviour upon others within localities, re-emerged
strongly in debates around housing and wider social policy in the last
years of the twentieth century. Ideas of citizenship, community and
neighbourhood bring with them a concern with power and the governance of
social relations. Requirements on individuals to exercise 'ethical
self-government', to be subject to and active within their
community/neighbourhood, are changing contemporary governance. The turn
to community and neighbourhood has been particularly strong in the
housing world, touching upon diverse areas including the strategic role
of local authorities, tenant participation, sustainability, wardens and
responses to anti-social behaviour.
Key themes of this conference include:
Community
What makes successful place communities? Can sustainable communities be
engineered by policy? What role for 'the community' in making policy?
Policy places a lot of emphasis on mixing communities, but what
difference does it actually make?
Neighbourhood
What significance does 'neighbourhood' have in a globalising world? What
is the importance of local social capital in shaping patterns of social
cohesion and inclusion? What does 'neighbourhood management' contribute?
Responsibility
How far do current policy agendas signal changing views on citizens'
rights and responsibilities? How should rights be balanced against each
other and against responsibilities? What is the impact of the new human
rights 'culture' on housing practice? Should the behaviour of residents
or landlords be regulated by housing organisations or through subsidies
like housing benefit?
Plenary speakers confirmed to date include: Ray Forrest (Bristol),
Robina Goodlad (Glasgow), Caroline Hunter (Sheffield Hallam), Kevin
Stenson (Buckingham Chilterns), Marilyn Taylor (UWE).
Further details, including booking forms, are available from the
following website:
http://www.bristol.ac.uk/hsa2003
CALL FOR PAPERS
Please send offers of papers (title plus an abstract of 150 words) by
31st May 2003 to:
Alex Marsh, School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol, 8 Priory
Road, Bristol, BS8 1TZ, [log in to unmask]
Dave Cowan, School of Law, University of Bristol, Wills Memorial
Building, Bristol, BS8 IRJ, [log in to unmask]
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