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...

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...

This book offers a comprehensive and critical analysis of the privatisation of public housing in Britain. The main emphasis is on the ways in which privatisation in housing links to other key changes in British society.

This book offers a comprehensive and critical analysis of the privatisation of public housing in Britain. The main emphasis is on the ways in which privatisation in housing links to other key changes in British society.

This text explores the specific institutional, economic and cultural factors at work in different national contexts in terms of housing young people.