Gary J. Armstrong
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Description
Dr. Gary J. Armstrong has been a Senior Lecturer in Criminology at City, University of London, since 2018. He previously lectured in the Sociology of Sport at Brunel University, and before that in Criminology at the University of Westminster, and later the University of Reading. Amongst the many criminology projects he has been involved in, two of the best known publications are Images of Control: The Rise of the Maximum Surveillance Society (co-authored with Clive Norris) and Surveillance, CCTV and Social Control (co-edited with Clive Norris and Jade Moran). His research into sports-related matters has produced numerous books co-authored or co-edited with Richard Giulianotti, Jon Mitchell, Alberto Testa, Pete Fussey, Dick Hobbs, James Rosbrook-Thompson, and Matthew Bell. Source: [City University of London](
Books
Mixed-Occupancy Housing in London
This ethnographic study of a mixed-occupancy housing estate near the centre of London refocuses the scholarly conversation around social housing in the UK after the 1980 Housing Act. As well as examining the long-term consequences of ‘Right to Buy,’ such as shortages in local authority stock and neighbourhood gentrification, James Rosbrook-Thompson and Gary Armstrong investigate the changes wrought on the social fabric of the individual estate. Drawing on four years of ethnographic fieldwork, the authors explore the estate’s social mix and, more specifically, the consequences of owner-occupiers, council tenants and private renters sharing a cramped inner-city neighbourhood. Mixed-Occupancy Housing in London: A Living Tapestry humanizes the academic discussion of class, race, and gender in social housing through the occupants’ tales of getting by, getting along, and getting out.