Ferrari, E. orcid.org/0000-0002-5506-7670 (2012) Competing Ideas of Social Justice and Space: Locating Critiques of Housing Renewal in Theory and in Practice. International Journal of Housing Policy, 12 (3). pp. 263-280. ISSN 1461-6718
Abstract
This article considers the experience of the English government's policy of Housing Market Renewal from the perspective of spatial justice. The paper first proposes an analytical framework that situates competing notions of territorial social justice within a space of complex sociospatial relations. The dialectic of two formulations of social justice is first set up, comparing 'procedural' or deontological forms of justice and the distributional justice of outcomes. Soja's formulation of spatial justice is advanced as an appropriate balance between spatial and socio-historic contexts for the justice question. Drawing on the literature on sociospatial relations, concrete critiques and justifications of HMR are then positioned in terms of the intersection of structuring principles and policy fields. The role of demolition in urban restructuring programmes is used to explore the differential spatialities involved in different justicial perspectives. It is concluded that 'gentrification' critiques of HMR are only partial in their evaluation of justice and lack normative power. Some practical implications for the design of urban restructuring policies are offered.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2012 Taylor & Francis. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in International Journal of Housing Policy. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Housing Market Renewal; social justice; spatial justice; sociospatial relations; UK |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Urban Studies & Planning (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 26 Apr 2016 09:13 |
Last Modified: | 22 Mar 2018 08:45 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14616718.2012.709668 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/14616718.2012.709668 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:97539 |