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Mixed-Occupancy Housing in London

A Living Tapestry

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Authors:
  1. James Rosbrook-Thompson

    1. Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, United Kingdom

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  2. Gary Armstrong

    1. College of Business, Arts and Social Sciences, Brunel University London, Uxbridge, Middlesex, United Kingdom

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  • Offers an inside look at a mixed-occupancy housing estate which truly shows a vivid example of dystopia
  • One of the first works to detail the social and culture life of a UK housing estate through ethnographic research
  • Touches on key topics in academic conversation such as urban diversity and immigration

Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Urban Anthropology (PSUA)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction: A Living Tapestry?

    • James Rosbrook-Thompson, Gary Armstrong
    Pages 1-24

  3. Setting the Scene

    • James Rosbrook-Thompson, Gary Armstrong
    Pages 25-53

  4. Mixed Occupancy: Mixed Occupations?

    • James Rosbrook-Thompson, Gary Armstrong
    Pages 55-89

  5. Custodians of (Dis)order: The Pusher, the Publican and the Matriarch

    • James Rosbrook-Thompson, Gary Armstrong
    Pages 91-119

  6. Rubbing Along: Proximity and Understandings of Difference

    • James Rosbrook-Thompson, Gary Armstrong
    Pages 121-148

  7. Habitable Space? The Price of Gentrification

    • James Rosbrook-Thompson, Gary Armstrong
    Pages 149-181

  8. Mater Out of Place? Women, Mobility, Livelihood and Power

    • James Rosbrook-Thompson, Gary Armstrong
    Pages 183-206

  9. Conclusion: The Tapestry Unpicked?

    • James Rosbrook-Thompson, Gary Armstrong
    Pages 207-218

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 219-239
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About this book

This ethnographic study of a mixed-occupancy housing estate near the centre of London refocuses the scholarly conversation around social housing in the UK after the 1980 Housing Act. As well as examining the long-term consequences of ‘Right to Buy,’ such as shortages in local authority stock and neighbourhood gentrification, James Rosbrook-Thompson and Gary Armstrong investigate the changes wrought on the social fabric of the individual estate. Drawing on four years of ethnographic fieldwork, the authors explore the estate’s social mix and, more specifically, the consequences of owner-occupiers, council tenants and private renters sharing a cramped inner-city neighbourhood. Mixed-Occupancy Housing in London: A Living Tapestry humanizes the academic discussion of class, race, and gender in social housing through the occupants’ tales of getting by, getting along and getting out.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, United Kingdom

    James Rosbrook-Thompson

  • College of Business, Arts and Social Sciences, Brunel University London, Uxbridge, Middlesex, United Kingdom

    Gary Armstrong

About the authors

James Rosbrook-Thompson is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Anglia Ruskin University, UK. He is an urban sociologist whose research interests include ‘race’ and ethnicity, citizenship and belonging, youth delinquency, and sport. 

Gary Armstrong is Reader in Sociology at Brunel University, UK. He has written extensively on surveillance, youth delinquency, football hooliganism, and sporting cultures in a range of settings including Liberia and Malta. 


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Mixed-Occupancy Housing in London

  • Book Subtitle: A Living Tapestry

  • Authors: James Rosbrook-Thompson, Gary Armstrong

  • Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Urban Anthropology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74678-4

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-74677-7Published: 16 April 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-09053-1Published: 24 January 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-74678-4Published: 30 March 2018

  • Series ISSN: 2946-2436

  • Series E-ISSN: 2946-2444

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 239

  • Topics: Urban Studies/Sociology, Social Anthropology, Cultural Anthropology

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