SOCIAL ACTORS IN THE HOUSING POLICY PROCESS A CONSTRUCTIVIST PERSPECTIVE ZUBRZYCKA-CZARNECKA A. Księgarnia

Social Actors in the Housing Policy Process

A Constructivist Perspective

The main issue of the research in this work is involvement of social actors in the housing policy process. The literature review leads the author to conclude that in housing studies there exists a conceptual gap concerning knowledge about the role of social actors in the housing policy process. The gap is particularly apparent when one attempts to examine the housing policy process in the light of the concept of deliberative democracy. Furthermore, there are no research tools in housing studies that would make it possible to grasp the involvement of social actors in the housing policy process. The research problem in this work is formulating a research scheme which would enable to examine the involvement of social actors in the housing policy process and enrich housing studies with possibility to benefit more from the constructivist approach. The theoretical and methodological aim of this dissertation is to obtain a broader and deeper insight into the role of social actors in the housing policy process by expanding the author’s ‘D-Housing’ scheme.

Introduction 9

PART I
A CONSTRUCTIVIST APPROACH IN HOUSING STUDIES
1. Housing studies – development, scope of research, theoretical trends . 23
1.1. Development of the research area and scope of research 23
1.2. Theoretical trends in housing studies. 26
2. Theoretical assumptions of two types of constructivism 36
2.1. Theoretical assumptions of classical constructivism 39
2.2. Theoretical assumptions of critical constructivism 48
3. Constructivism in housing studies 54
4. Criticism of constructivism in housing studies 69

PART II
SOCIAL ACTORS IN THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF HOUSING STUDIES
1. The concept of social actors 77
2. Social actors in selected research within housing studies in critical constructivism 84
2.1. Shaping a housing policy conceptual network by social actors . 86
2.2. Shaping political discourses on housing-related social problems by social actors 92
2.3. Infl uence of political discourse shaped by social actors on the evolution of housing policy and more broadly on the shape of the housing system 97
2.4. Infl uence of discourses shaped by social actors on social inequality . 115
2.5. Conclusions – image of social actors in constructivist research within housing studies . 124

PART III
‘D-HOUSING’ – PROPOSAL OF A CONSTRUCTIVIST RESEARCH SCHEME TO ANALYSE THE INVOLVEMENT OF SOCIAL ACTORS IN THE HOUSING POLICY PROCESS
1. Inspirations and objectives of the ‘D-Housing’ scheme . 129
2. Theoretical and methodological background of the ‘D-Housing’ scheme 133
2.1. Theoretical background of the ‘D-Housing’ scheme 133
2.2. Methodological background of the ‘D-Housing’ scheme . 182
3. Main features of the ‘D-Housing’ scheme 193
3.1. Defi nitions of key concepts . 193
3.2. Assumptions of the theoretical layer of the ‘D-Housing’ scheme 200
3.3. Assumptions of the analytical layer of the ‘D-Housing’ scheme 205

PART IV
INVOLVEMENT OF SOCIAL ACTORS IN THE HOUSING POLICY PROCESS AS EXEMPLIFIED BY A GARDEN CITY IN POLAND
1. Fragmentary application of the ‘D-Housing’ scheme in the research on local housing policy in Poland . 235
1.1. Development and characteristics of local housing policy in Poland in the years 1990–2015 . 236
1.2. Social actors and their involvement in the local housing policy process in a garden city. Research design 242
1.3. Results . 245

Conclusions . 253
Appendix . 259
Bibliography 263
List of tables and diagrams 301

302 pages , Paperback

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