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1 Governance and Rural Transformation: An Investigative Approach |
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1 | (36) |
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8 | (3) |
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11 | (6) |
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1.3 Investigative Approach |
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17 | (20) |
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1.3.1 Investigated Districts |
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18 | (6) |
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24 | (4) |
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28 | (9) |
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2 Provoking 1919 and Beyond: Housing Conditions in Rural England |
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37 | (58) |
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2.1 Conceptualising Housing Conditions |
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38 | (6) |
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2.2 Prompts for State Intervention |
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44 | (14) |
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2.2.1 Private Rental Decline |
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47 | (4) |
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51 | (7) |
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2.3 Specifying Local Responsibilities |
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58 | (3) |
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2.4 Divergence in Housing Conditions |
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61 | (21) |
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62 | (4) |
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2.4.2 The Physical Fabric of Dwellings |
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66 | (1) |
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2.4.3 Household Amenities |
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67 | (2) |
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2.4.4 Rural-Urban Disparities |
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69 | (13) |
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2.5 Contributing to Contrivance |
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82 | (13) |
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87 | (8) |
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3 Rural Exceptionalism? Local Leader Priorities for Country Homes |
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95 | (80) |
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3.1 Identifying Housing Distress |
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97 | (20) |
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3.1.1 Parish Requests for Action |
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99 | (5) |
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104 | (13) |
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3.2 Was Rural Council Action Necessary? |
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117 | (14) |
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3.2.1 Landed Estate Impacts |
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118 | (10) |
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3.2.2 Homes for Employers |
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128 | (3) |
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131 | (31) |
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3.3.1 Divergent Approaches to Housing Supply |
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135 | (4) |
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3.3.2 Rural Councils as Housing Agents |
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139 | (23) |
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3.4 Contributing to Contrivance |
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162 | (13) |
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166 | (9) |
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4 Uneven Demand: Depopulation, Repopulation and Housing Pressure |
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175 | (62) |
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4.1 The Demographic Imperative |
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176 | (7) |
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4.2 Countervailing Tendencies |
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183 | (19) |
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4.2.1 Outbidding Local Residents |
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190 | (4) |
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4.2.2 1930s Failures to Re-Provision |
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194 | (8) |
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4.3 Restricted Housing Access |
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202 | (19) |
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4.4 Contributing to Contrivance |
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221 | (16) |
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229 | (8) |
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5 The English Disease: Capacity and Capability for Housing Improvement |
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237 | (88) |
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5.1 Rural Governance Capacities |
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239 | (25) |
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5.1.1 District Council Resources |
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241 | (19) |
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5.1.2 Council Professional Officers |
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260 | (4) |
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264 | (20) |
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5.2.1 Rural Construction Company Attributes |
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270 | (7) |
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5.2.2 Builder Reliability |
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277 | (7) |
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284 | (26) |
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5.3.1 Difficulties Extending Amenity |
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288 | (8) |
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5.3.2 Geographical Diversity |
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296 | (4) |
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5.3.3 Amenity and Housing Numbers |
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300 | (10) |
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5.4 Contributing to Contrivance |
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310 | (15) |
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314 | (11) |
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6 A Subservient Countryside: National Priorities and Housing |
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325 | (82) |
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327 | (36) |
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6.1.1 The Push for Numbers, 1946-1955 |
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331 | (6) |
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6.1.2 Policy Emphases and Diminished Rural Action, 1955-1964 |
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337 | (9) |
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6.1.3 Shortfalls Raise Rural Discomfort, 1964-1970 |
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346 | (4) |
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6.1.4 Housing the Elderly Eases Rural Discomfort |
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350 | (5) |
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6.1.5 Flexible in Rural Responses |
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355 | (8) |
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363 | (10) |
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6.3 Reconditioning the Stock |
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373 | (11) |
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384 | (7) |
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6.5 An Information Deficit |
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391 | (16) |
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397 | (10) |
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7 Rural Implementation: Frustration, Challenge and Compromise as Housing Realities |
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407 | (90) |
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7.1 New-Build Allocations |
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411 | (11) |
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7.2 Dwelling Design and Appearance |
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422 | (8) |
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7.3 Securing Building Sites |
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430 | (9) |
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7.4 Within District Housing Provision |
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439 | (23) |
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7.4.1 An Impetus Towards Centralisation |
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444 | (12) |
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456 | (6) |
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7.5 Intra-Districl Council-Building |
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462 | (14) |
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7.6 Contributing to Contrivance |
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476 | (21) |
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488 | (9) |
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8 The Political Economy of English Rural Housing |
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497 | (46) |
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8.1 The Political Economic Context |
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497 | (12) |
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8.1.1 A Radical Alternative? |
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499 | (3) |
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502 | (5) |
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8.1.3 Geographical Discriminations |
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507 | (2) |
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8.2 The National Conditioning of Rural Housing |
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509 | (14) |
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8.2.1 Prioritising Home Ownership |
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510 | (4) |
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8.2.2 Structuring a `Laissez-Faire' Economy |
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514 | (2) |
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8.2.3 Intervention for Continuity |
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516 | (3) |
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8.2.4 A Top-Down World view |
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519 | (4) |
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523 | (5) |
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528 | (15) |
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532 | (11) |
Index |
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