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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Wiesel, Ilan
• Fincher, Ruth

Titel

The Choice Agenda in Disability Housing Provision

Ist Teil von

• Housing studies, 2009-09, Vol.24 (5), p.611-627

Ort / Verlag

Harlow: Taylor & Francis Group

Erscheinungsjahr

2009

Quelle

Taylor & Francis Journals Auto-Holdings Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The notion of choice is emerging as fundamental to new approaches to the provision of housing for people with intellectual disabilities. In order to achieve a more coherent and informed understanding of choice as a basis for theory, policy and practice in housing for people with intellectual disabilities, what is necessary is a clearer understanding of the complexities and tensions inherent in the idea of choice and their implications. Therefore, this paper considers three main themes which give rise to a more critical conceptualization of choice: a tension between the formalist and the redistributive approach to social justice; a tension between the individuality implied by choice and the community-care ethos of disability housing; and the institutional implications of the choice agenda within and beyond state-administration. The manifestation of these tensions is illustrated using a case study: housing for people with intellectual disabilities in the State of Victoria, Australia.