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Slum Clearance

Paperback • 2019 • 1. edition

Slum Clearance

By John English, Ruth Madigan, Peter Norman

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About the book

Originally published in 1976. Slum clearance is a particularly significant process because it places the ordinary citizen in a state of extreme dependence on his local authority. The local authority not only destroys his existing environment but controls access to a replacement council house. This book highlights both the control over the life chances of individual citizens which local government can exercise and the potential impotence of citizens caught up in a complex bureaucratic process. It...Show more

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9781138057500

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Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published year

2019

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Slum Clearance

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