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.
Presents an argument that a fresh ontological perspective is required to address fundamental issues in housing and comparative research. This book eva...
Since the nineteenth century various housing solutions have evolved, such as sprawling Australian home ownership and compact Dutch social rental housing. This phenomenon cannot be adequately explained with simple descriptions of key events, politics and housing outcomes. Critical Realism and Housing Studies pushes debate forward, arguing that a new ontological perspective is required to address fundamental issues in housing and comparative research.
This book is clearly organized into three parts which:
evaluate ontological and methodological alternatives for...
Since the nineteenth century various housing solutions have evolved, such as sprawling Australian home ownership and compact Dutch social rental ho...