Housing and Social Change: East-West Perspectives

ISBN-13: 9780415273329 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 296 str.

Forrest and Lee; Etc Ray Forrest

Opis

This text is a wide-ranging exploration of the key contemporary relationships between social change and housing. It is both policy-oriented and theoretical and draws on a group of internationally respected academics. It is also multidisciplinary, incorporating sociology, economics, social policy and human geography perspective. Its international perspective is rooted in its examination of issues such as economic insecurity and instability, social diversity, financial and social exclusion, sustainability, privatization and state legitimacy, the interaction of the global and the local across three continents.

Recenzje

'This volume does ... provide a most stimulating and valuable contribution to widening horizons in housing studies.' - Stuart Cameron, Urban Studies

Spis treści

Part 1: State Intervention and Housing Provision  Part 2: Globalization, Postmodernity and Housing Part 3: The Changing Context for Home Ownership  Part 4: Sustainable Development, Sustainable Communities  Part 5: Summing Up

O autorze

Forrest, Ray; Lee, James