Critical Realism and Housing Research

ISBN-13: 9780415405492 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 320 str.

Julie Lawson

Opis

Presents an argument that a fresh ontological perspective is required to address fundamental issues in housing and comparative research. This book evaluates ontological and methodological alternatives; provides historical case studies; and, compares the causal tendencies that explain diverging housing pathways in Australia and the Netherlands.

Spis treści

1. Introduction  Part 1: Ontology, Methodology, Conceptual Issues  2. Ontology Matters  3. Methodology and Comparative Research  4. Alternative Theories for the Composition and Dynamics of Housing Provision  5. Postulating an Explanation for Housing Divergence  Part 2: Diverging Housing Solutions: The Case Study Evidence  6. Explaining Divergent Tenure Patterns and Urban Form - The Australian Case of Low Density Home Ownership  7. Explaining Divergent Tenure Patterns and Urban for Part Three  Part 3: Summary and Conclusions  8. Explaining and Comparing Housing 'Solutions'

O autorze

Lawson, Julie