Suchergebnisse

The origins of the concept of social mix -- Post-war debates -- Twenty-first century debates : social mix, estate regeneration and social exclusion -- Great expectations and the unexpected consequences of social mix policies -- Mixed-tenure neighbourhoods reconstituted -- Neighbourhood reputation, stigma and social mix -- Sense of community, social cohesion and social mix.

Résumé Cet article questionne la politique du logement social en Australie, ses forces et ses faiblesses. Il esquisse tout d'abord l'historique du logement social afin de retracer le contexte dans lequel s'inscrivent les origines des dilemmes que doit résoudre aujourd'hui cette politique publique. La deuxième partie explore quelques grandes initiatives lancées par les gouvernements successifs en vue de résoudre ces problèmes, ainsi que leurs atouts et leurs lacunes. Parmi ces dispositifs, on trouve un nouveau modèle de financement visant à encourager la participation du secteur privé à l'offre de logements abordables et aux programmes de rénovation urbaine.

The paper reviews the usefulness of the concept of social exclusion for Australian social housing policy. We draw on recent theoretical and empirical research from Europe and the UK to develop a critique of the concept of social exclusion. It is argued that any assessment of social exclusion needs to distinguish between its utility as an academic explanatory concept and its political deployment to justify new forms of policy intervention. Policy targeting anti‐social behaviour through increasingly more punitive means, for instance, is often justified on the basis that it ameliorates the problems of social exclusion experienced by tenants residing in public housing estates. We conclude that, in spite of the limitations of social exclusion as an analytical concept, for political and pragmatic reasons it is likely to become an important component of the emerging Australian housing policy agenda.