'Housing risk' and the neoliberal discourse of responsibilisation in Victoria

被引：38

作者：

Stonehouse, Darran ^{[1
]}

Threlkeld, Guinever ^{[1
]}

Farmer, Jane ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] La Trobe Univ, Social Work & Social Policy, Wodonga, Vic 3690, Australia

[2] La Trobe Univ, Coll Sci Hlth & Engn, Res, Wodonga, Vic 3690, Australia

来源：

CRITICAL SOCIAL POLICY | 2015年 / 35卷 / 03期

关键词：

governmentality; homelessness; neoliberalism; public housing; responsibilisation; UK COALITION GOVERNMENT; GOVERNANCE; POLICY; AUSTRALIA; POLITICS; WELFARE; AFFORDABILITY; HOMELESSNESS; REFORM; AGENCY;

D O I：

10.1177/0261018315588232

中图分类号：

D58 [社会生活与社会问题]; C913 [社会生活与社会问题];

学科分类号：

摘要：

The article examines the representation of housing risk in contemporary Australian policy discourse through a critical analysis of two policy texts from the recent Victorian Coalition government (2010-2014). Drawing on governmentality theory and contemporary debates on neoliberalism, it examines how these policy texts perpetuate a discourse in which 'housing risk' is primarily understood as an issue for individuals to manage, rather than as an issue with predominantly structural roots. It then explores how this particular neoliberal representation of ` housing risk' supports policy solutions that ultimately responsibilise individuals through a narrow focus on education and employment as the pathways to independence in the private housing market. The article argues that this situation is problematic in a context of increasing rates of homelessness and diminished access to affordable housing across Australia.

引用

页码：393 / 413

页数：21

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