Principal Lecturer
I am Head of Geography, Environment and Planning. My research interests are in urban governance, the politics of planning and housing and community engagement.
Tony Manzi is Head of Geography, Environment and Planning, He was previously Reader in Housing and course leader for the MA Housing Practice at the University of Westminster. His main research interests are in applying social theory to understand the politics of planning, urban governance and community involvement. Tony completed his PhD - on managing change in the housing association sector - in 2006 at University College London. His recent publications include work on the financialisation of housing, community engagement, professionalism in housing practice and localism. He has previously worked for the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham and Notting Hill Housing Trust.
Principal Lecturer
Department of the Natural and Built Environment
Social Sciences and Arts
I am currently working on a study of social responsibility amongst social landlords.
Geography, Environment and Planning
I am currently working on a study of social responsibility amongst social landlords.
Jacobs, K., & Manzi, T. (2019). Neoliberalism as entrepreneurial governmentality: contradictions and dissonance within contemporary English housing associations. Housing Studies, 1-16. http://doi.org/10.1080/02673037.2019.1617411
Jacobs, K., & Manzi, T. (2019). Conceptualising ‘financialisation’: governance, organisational behaviour and social interaction in UK housing. International Journal of Housing Policy, 1-19. http://doi.org/10.1080/19491247.2018.1540737
Manzi, T., & Morrison, N. (2017). Risk, commercialism and social purpose: Repositioning the English housing association sector. Urban Studies, 55 (9), 1924-1942. http://doi.org/10.1177/0042098017700792
Manzi, T., & Richardson, J. (2016). Rethinking professional practice: the logic of competition and the crisis of identity in housing practice. Housing Studies, 32 (2), 209-224. http://doi.org/10.1080/02673037.2016.1194377
Jacobs, K., & Manzi, T. (2016). ‘The party’s over’: critical junctures, crises and the politics of housing policy. Housing Studies, 32 (1), 17-34. http://doi.org/10.1080/02673037.2016.1171829
Manzi, T. (2016). S. Bagaeen and O. Uduku: Beyond gated communities: Routledge, New York, 2015, 246 pp., ISSN:978-0-425-74824-7. Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, 32 (1), 1-3. http://doi.org/10.1007/s10901-016-9504-7
Manzi, T. (2014). The Big Society and the Conjunction of Crises: Justifying Welfare Reform and Undermining Social Housing. Housing, Theory and Society, 32 (1), 9-24. http://doi.org/10.1080/14036096.2014.947172
Jacobs, K., & Manzi, T. (2013). Investigating the New Landscapes of Welfare: Housing Policy, Politics and the Emerging Research Agenda. Housing, Theory and Society, 31 (2), 213-227. http://doi.org/10.1080/14036096.2013.857716
Jacobs, K., & Manzi, T. (2013). New Localism, Old Retrenchment: The “Big Society”, Housing Policy and the Politics of Welfare Reform. Housing, Theory and Society, 30 (1), 29-45. http://doi.org/10.1080/14036096.2012.683293
Harvie, P., & Manzi, T. (2011). Interpreting Multi-Agency Partnerships: Ideology, Discourse and Domestic Violence. Social & Legal Studies, 20 (1), 79-95. http://doi.org/10.1177/0964663910384907
Manzi, T. (2010). Promoting Responsibility, Shaping Behaviour: Housing Management, Mixed Communities and the Construction of Citizenship. Housing Studies, 25 (1), 5-19. http://doi.org/10.1080/02673030903363462
Manzi, T. (2007). Cultural Theory and the Dynamics of Organizational Change: The Response of Housing Associations in London to theHousing Act 1988. Housing, Theory and Society, 24 (4), 251-271. http://doi.org/10.1080/14036090601149180
Manzi, T. (2005). Fact and Fiction in Housing Research: Utilizing the Creative Imagination. Housing, Theory and Society, 22 (3), 113-128. http://doi.org/10.1080/14036090510011595
Manzi, T., & Smith-Bowers, B. (2005). Gated Communities as Club Goods: Segregation or Social Cohesion? Housing Studies, 20 (2), 345-359. http://doi.org/10.1080/0267303042000331817
Manzi, T., & Smith Bowers, B. (2004). So many managers, so little vision: registered social landlords and consortium schemes in the UK. European Journal of Housing Policy, 4 (1), 57-75. http://doi.org/10.1080/1461671042000215451
Jacobs, K., Kemeny, J., & Manzi, T. (2003). Privileged or exploited council tenants? The discursive change in Conservative housing policy from 1972 to 1980. Policy & Politics, 31 (3), 307-320. http://doi.org/10.1332/030557303322034965
JACOBS, K., KEMENY, J.I.M., & MANZI, T. (2003). Power, Discursive Space and Institutional Practices in the Construction of Housing Problems. Housing Studies, 18 (4), 429-446. http://doi.org/10.1080/02673030304252
Manzi, T. (2002). Constructionism, Realism and Housing Theory. Housing, Theory and Society, 19 (3-4), 144-145. http://doi.org/10.1080/140360902321122833
Jacobs, K., & Manzi, T. (2000). Evaluating the Social Constructionist Paradigm in Housing Research. Housing, Theory and Society, 17 (1), 35-42. http://doi.org/10.1080/140360900750044764
Jacobs, K., & Manzi, T. (2000). Performance indicators and social constructivism: conflict and control in housing management. Critical Social Policy, 20 (1), 85-103. http://doi.org/10.1177/026101830002000104
Haworth, A., & Manzi, T. (1999). Managing the 'Underclass': Interpreting the Moral Discourse of Housing Management. Urban Studies, 36 (1), 153-165. http://doi.org/10.1080/0042098993790
Jacobs, K., & Manzi, T. (1998). Urban renewal and the culture of conservatism: changing perceptions of the tower block and implications for contemporary renewal initiatives. Critical Social Policy, 18 (55), 157-174. http://doi.org/10.1177/026101839801805502
Jacobs, K., & Manzi, T. (1996). Discourse and policy change: The significance of language for housing research. Housing Studies, 11 (4), 543-560. http://doi.org/10.1080/02673039608720874
Manzi, T., & Smith-Bowers, B. (2016). Partnership, Servitude or Expert Scholarship? The Academic Labour Process in Contract Housing Research. In The Knowledge Business. (pp. 133-148). Routledge: http://doi.org/10.4324/9781315556390-8
Manzi, T. (2012). Discourse Analysis. In International Encyclopedia of Housing and Home. (pp. 354-358). Elsevier: http://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-08-047163-1.00621-4
Manzi, T., Lucas, K., Lloyd-Jones, T., & Allen, J. (2010). Understanding social sustainability: Key concepts and developments in theory and practice. In Social Sustainability in Urban Areas: Communities, Connectivity and the Urban Fabric. (pp. 1-28). http://doi.org/10.4324/9781849774956
(n.d.). Social Sustainability in Urban Areas. Routledge: http://doi.org/10.4324/9781849774956
(n.d.). Regenerating London. Routledge: http://doi.org/10.4324/9780203886717
Manzi, T., & Jacobs, K. (n.d.). Chapter 2 Understanding institutions, actors and networks: Advancing constructionist methods in urban policy research. In Studies in Qualitative Methodology. (pp. 29-50). Emerald (MCB UP ): http://doi.org/10.1016/s1042-3192(07)00201-7
Manzi, T., Lucas, K., Lloyd-Jones, T., & Allen, J. (2010). Social sustainability in urban areas: Communities, connectivity and the urban fabric. http://doi.org/10.4324/9781849774956
External examiner - MSc Housing Studies, University of Glasgow
Melanie Lindsley - 'The role of statutory consultees in the planning process'
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