‘Communicide’: The destruction of a vibrant public housing community in inner Sydney through a forced displacement

Morris, A

‘Communicide’: The destruction of a vibrant public housing community in inner Sydney through a forced displacement

Morris, A

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Citation:: Journal of Sociology, 2019, 55 (2), pp. 270 - 289
Issue Date:: 2019-06-01

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dc.contributor.author	Morris, A https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7652-5370	en_US
dc.date.available	2018-10-30	en_US
dc.date.issued	2019-06-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Journal of Sociology, 2019, 55 (2), pp. 270 - 289	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1440-7833	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/130519
dc.description.abstract	© The Author(s) 2018. In 2014, the New South Wales government announced that all of the 465 public housing tenants in Millers Point in inner Sydney, are to be relocated and their homes sold. This article, drawing on 41 semi-structured interviews with tenants who were residents at the time of the announcement, has two main aims. First, to contribute to the debate as to the continuity or otherwise of community in a global city in late modernity by closely examining the sense of community among the public housing tenants in Millers Point at the time of the displacement announcement. The second aim is to examine what I have termed ‘communicide’. I argue that the displacement policy directed at Millers Point public housing tenants can be described as an act of communicide as it destroyed a vibrant community causing tremendous dislocation and stress. After the move, many tenants found themselves deeply isolated.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Journal of Sociology	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1177/1440783318815307	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Sociology	en_US
dc.title	‘Communicide’: The destruction of a vibrant public housing community in inner Sydney through a forced displacement	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/DVC (Research)
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/DVC (Research)/lnstitute for Public Policy and Governance
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© The Author(s) 2018. In 2014, the New South Wales government announced that all of the 465 public housing tenants in Millers Point in inner Sydney, are to be relocated and their homes sold. This article, drawing on 41 semi-structured interviews with tenants who were residents at the time of the announcement, has two main aims. First, to contribute to the debate as to the continuity or otherwise of community in a global city in late modernity by closely examining the sense of community among the public housing tenants in Millers Point at the time of the displacement announcement. The second aim is to examine what I have termed ‘communicide’. I argue that the displacement policy directed at Millers Point public housing tenants can be described as an act of communicide as it destroyed a vibrant community causing tremendous dislocation and stress. After the move, many tenants found themselves deeply isolated.

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