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Key Worker Housing, Welfare Reform and the New Spatial Policy in England

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Raco M. Key worker housing, welfare reform and the new spatial policy in England, Regional Studies. Under the Labour government the character of spatial policy in England has been subject to significant change. The emphasis has increasingly been on spatial policy as an active social policy. This paper uses the example of public sector key worker housing programmes in England to exemplify and analyse the character of these changes. It argues that the new approach also contains an explicit recognition that social policies can and should be re-oriented towards the wider objectives of accumulation and competitiveness and this has broader implications for the organization and character of the welfare state. [image omitted] Raco M. Le logement des travailleurs essentiels, la reforme du syteme de protection sociale et la nouvelle politique regionale au R-U, Regional Studies. Sous le gouvernement travailliste, la politique regionale s'est sensiblement modifiee. De plus en plus on met l'accent sur la politique regionale comme politique sociale active. Cet article cherche a se servir de l'exemple de la construction de logements destines aux travailleurs essentiels du secteur public en Angleterre pour illustrer et analyser le caractere de ces modifications. On affirme que la nouvelle facon comprend aussi une reconnaissance que la politique sociale pourrait et devrait etre reorientee vers les objectifs plus larges d'accumulation et de competitivite. Il y a des lecons a en tirer pour ce qui est de l'organisation et du caractere du syteme de protection sociale. Politique regionale Politique sociale Logement Travailleurs essentiels Competitivite Raco M. Wohnungsprogramme fur offentliche Angestelle, Sozialreform und die neue Raumpolitik in England, Regional Studies. Unter der Labour-Regierung hat sich das Wesen der Raumpolitik in England grundlegend verandert. Die Betonung liegt zunehmend auf der Raumpolitik als aktiver Sozialpolitik. In diesem Beitrag wird anhand des Beispiels von Wohnungsprogrammen fur wichtige offentliche Angestellte in England das Wesen dieser Veranderungen beschrieben und analysiert. Nach meiner Argumentation wird durch den neuen Ansatz explizit anerkannt, dass sich Sozialpolitiken an den breiteren Zielen der Akkumulation und Wettbewerbsfahigkeit umorientieren konnen und sollten, was zu weitlaufigeren Folgen fur den Aufbau und das Wesen des Sozialstaates fuhrt. Raumpolitik Sozialpolitik Wohnungswesen Offentliche Angestellte Konkurrenzfahigkeit Raco M. Alojamiento para trabajadores clave, reforma del bienestar y la nueva politica espacial en Inglaterra, Regional Studies. Bajo el gobierno laborista el caracter de la politica espacial en Inglaterra ha experimentado importantes cambios. El enfasis ha recaido cada vez mas en la politica espacial como una politica social activa. En este articulo ilustro y analizo el caracter de estos cambios con el ejemplo de los programas de alojamiento para trabajadores clave en el sector publico en Inglaterra. Sostengo que el nuevo planteamiento tambien reconoce explicitamente que las politicas sociales pueden y deben ser reorientadas hacia objetivos mas amplios de acumulacion y competitividad y esto repercute en mayor medida en la organizacion y el caracter del estado del bienestar. Politica espacial Politica social Alojamiento Trabajadores clave Competitividad

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  • Mike Raco, 2008. "Key Worker Housing, Welfare Reform and the New Spatial Policy in England," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 42(5), pages 737-751.
  • Handle: RePEc:taf:regstd:v:42:y:2008:i:5:p:737-751
    DOI: 10.1080/00343400701543280
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    1. Li Tao & Xiaoyan Lei & Wentan Guo & Victor Jing Li & Min Cheng, 2022. "To Settle Down, or Not? Evaluating the Policy Effects of Talent Housing in Shanghai, China," Land, MDPI, vol. 11(8), pages 1-21, July.
    2. Zou, Yonghua, 2022. "Paradigm shifts in China’s housing policy: Tug-of-war between marketization and state intervention," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 122(C).
    3. Nicola Morrison, 2014. "Building talented worker housing in Shenzhen, China, to sustain place competitiveness," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 51(8), pages 1539-1558, June.
    4. Korthals Altes, Willem K., 2019. "Planning initiative: Promoting development by the use of options in Amsterdam," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 83(C), pages 13-21.

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