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There are a lot of devils in even more details

Housing stock policy implementation by housing associations

Ritske Dankert ENHR 2007 Rotterdam

OTB Research Institute for Housing, Urban and Mobility Studies

What is the point? To interpret or to change?

Police inspectors
are looking for what really happened during a certain period around a specific subject.

do not derive their interview questions form a specific theoretical framework.


do not add theory to the facts they find.

Actor network theory


Let de actors tell their own story. Do not take the shortcut by using broad concepts, theories or existing knowledge. To explain is to describe.

Actor network theory


Theory about the methodology of the researcher. Translation (transformation) is the central notion.

Policy(document) Renovated dwellings

Cooporation with care agency IT solutions for care in dwellings

Policy(document)

Renovated dwellings

Some primary results


Very hard to prove that policy is influencing the outcome. Local municipality has much influence.

Some primary results


It seems that financial aspects are not very important.

Human Resources seems to be an important aspect.

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