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Patricia Kennett - BSc, PhD
Patricia Kennett is a Senior Lecturer in Comparative Policy Studies at the School for Policy Studies. Since joining Bristol University in 1993 she has undertaken research both nationally and internationally on issues relating to homelessness, housing, citizenship and social exclusion, attitudes to home ownership and the problems of negative equity and harassment and illegal eviction in the private rented sector. Her work has been funded by the Department of the Environment, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and the Economic and Social Research Council.

Patricia's recent work includes research on risk, economic insecurity and homeownership in cross-national perspective. Her current interests include the relationship between globalisation, governance and public policy and the challengers and opportunities this presents for comparative analysis. Recently she edited a special issue of urban studies on neighbourhood and social cohesion in European societies, and is currently working on an edited collection for Edward Elgar 'Globalisation, Governance and Public Policy'.

Patricia has also completed a solo authored book 'Comparative Social Policy: Theory and Research' published by Open University Press and an edited collection entitled 'Handbook of Comparative Social Policy published' by Edward Elgar.


SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Kennett, P. and Forrest, R. (2006) The Neighbourhood in European Societies, Urban Studies (Special Issue, Cohesive Neighbourhoods and Connected Citizens in European Societies) Vol 43, No 4 (forthcoming)

Kennett, P. (2004) (Ed) The Handbook of Comparative Social Policy Aldershot: pp1-422. Edward Elgar

Kennett, P. and Iwata, M. (2003) Precariousness in Everyday Life: Homelessness in Japan, International Journal of Urban and Regional Research Vol 27,No1 pp62-74.

Kennett, P and Forrest, R. (2003) From Planned Communitites to Deregulated Spaces: Social and Tenurial Change in high quality state housing, Housing Studies ,Vol 18, No. 1

Kennett, P. (2001) Comparative Social Policy: Theory and Research, Open University Press: Milton Keynes pp1-176.

Kennett, P. and Marsh, A. (1999) (Eds) Homelessness: Exploring the New Terrain Bristol: Policy Press, pp1-302.
Patricia Kennett