Petty commodity housing or dweller control? A critique of John Turner's views on housing policy

摘要: Abstract The paper reviews four major aspects of John Turner's work on low-income housing: his conception the nature housing; relationship he identifies between popular, government and private sectors; concept role State planner; and, policy recommendations. These are all subjected to a critical examination, Marxist framework is suggested as more effective means analysing problems policies under discussion. debate ‘state-assisted self-help’ ‘official housing’ situated in context conflicting interests different fractions capital tied housing process. policies, it argued, could only be implemented alongside rather than instead of, existing never scale manner considered their success.