Modernization and change in social housing : the case for an organizational perspective
By: MULLINS, David
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Contributor(s): REID, Barbara | WALKER, Richard M.
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ArticlePublisher: 2001Public Administration an International Quarterly 79, 3, p. 599-623Abstract: It is argued that past approaches to the research of housing policy and housing organizations are now inadequate and unable to provide a clear explanation of modernization and change. the modernization of social housing is associated with changing core organizational competencies and the movement towards a variety of partnership approaches. In response we develop a tripartite theoretical framework base around new institutional economics, strategic management and institutional theory. An explanatory review of the evidence at a sectoral level (examining social housing as a field, regulation and the profession) and the organizational level (focusing upon changing organization behaviour) is used to illustrate the legitimancy of this approach. In conclusion a research agenda is outlined
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It is argued that past approaches to the research of housing policy and housing organizations are now inadequate and unable to provide a clear explanation of modernization and change. the modernization of social housing is associated with changing core organizational competencies and the movement towards a variety of partnership approaches. In response we develop a tripartite theoretical framework base around new institutional economics, strategic management and institutional theory. An explanatory review of the evidence at a sectoral level (examining social housing as a field, regulation and the profession) and the organizational level (focusing upon changing organization behaviour) is used to illustrate the legitimancy of this approach. In conclusion a research agenda is outlined
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