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Housing, Theory and Society Volume 32, 2015 - Issue 1: The Big Society, Localism and Housing Policy: Recasting State-Citizen Relations in an Environment of Austerity
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Forthcoming Special Issue on the Big Society, Localism and Housing Policy: recasting state–citizen relations in an age of austerity

Homo Economicus in a Big Society: Understanding Middle-class Activism and NIMBYism towards New Housing Developments

Peter MatthewsSchool of Applied Social Science, University of Stirling, Stirling, ScotlandCorrespondence[email protected]
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Glen BramleyInstitute for Social Policy, Housing, Environment and Real Estate, School of the Built Environment, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland
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Annette HastingsUrban Studies, School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland
Pages 54-72 | Published online: 26 Aug 2014

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