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The idea of enablement in housing sector development
The political economy of housing for developing countries
Abstract Since 1986, the United Nations, the World Bank and other international aid agencies have set a new direction and scope for housing policies in developing countries. The new direction has an explicit ‘political economy’, elaborated in strategic policy documents under the term ‘enablement’. Any practised political economy will have varied content, including elements from abstract principles, from the underlying assumptions about the history and circumstances in which new ways of doing things are advocated, and some limitations as well as some opportunities for improving conditions of life. Furthermore, for various reasons, the advocacy nature of the strategic policy documents will lead to the exclusion of some significant issues. All of the foregoing is relevant to the new ‘enablement’ in housing policy for the developing countries. Consequently this article gives exposition, explanation and criticism of the idea of enablement. Its scope places it in the wider contexts of liberalism as a political economy, of the post-1970 globalization of economic conditions, and the implications of the housing reforms of the 1990s.
The idea of enablement in housing sector development
The political economy of housing for developing countries
Abstract Since 1986, the United Nations, the World Bank and other international aid agencies have set a new direction and scope for housing policies in developing countries. The new direction has an explicit ‘political economy’, elaborated in strategic policy documents under the term ‘enablement’. Any practised political economy will have varied content, including elements from abstract principles, from the underlying assumptions about the history and circumstances in which new ways of doing things are advocated, and some limitations as well as some opportunities for improving conditions of life. Furthermore, for various reasons, the advocacy nature of the strategic policy documents will lead to the exclusion of some significant issues. All of the foregoing is relevant to the new ‘enablement’ in housing policy for the developing countries. Consequently this article gives exposition, explanation and criticism of the idea of enablement. Its scope places it in the wider contexts of liberalism as a political economy, of the post-1970 globalization of economic conditions, and the implications of the housing reforms of the 1990s.
The idea of enablement in housing sector development
The political economy of housing for developing countries
Pugh, Cedric (author)
Cities ; 11 ; 357-371
1994-01-01
15 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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