Housing and Social Theory

ISBN-13: 9781138972018 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 212 str.

Jim Kemeny;?Abar;?Abar

Opis

Integrates housing studies with the broad base of social science - an often controversial book which theorises housing in relation to political science and sociology and provides a critique of current research.

Recenzje

`The book is well-written and thought provoking ... it will provide a useful conceptual text for both housing educators and researchers.' - Planning Practice and Research

Spis treści

Part 1 Housing and metatheory; Chapter 1 The disciplinary basis of housing studies; Chapter 2 The epistemological grounds of housing studies; Part 2 Bringing theory back in; Chapter 3 Returning to the state in housing research; Chapter 4 A critique of unilinealism in comparative housing research; Chapter 5 Housing and comparative welfare research; Part 3 Toward a divergence thesis in comparative housing and research; Chapter 6 Ideology and divergent social structures; Chapter 7 Divergent social structures and residence; Chapter 8 The political construction of collective residence; Part 4 Toward a theoretically anchored sociology of housing; Chapter 9 Residence and social structure; Chapter 10 Conclusions;

O autorze

Kemeny, Jim