Home Ownership: Differentiation and Fragmentation

Williams. Peter

Forrest, Ray

Murie, Alan

Business & Money

Unwin Hyman

An addition to comparative housing research, seeking to add to the knowledge of housing policy in practice in China. The authors demonstrate how Chinese housing provision and policy differs in important ways from that of the former state socialist regimes in Eastern Europe and from other developing countries with which China is often grouped. The relationships to the Chinese political and social frameworks and the influences of Asian neighbours are outlined and assessed.

Housing Policy and Practice in China

Politics & Social Sciences

Wang, Ya-Ping

Politics & Government

PALGRAVE~MACMILLAN

Housing Policy and Practice (Public Policy and Politics)

Malpass, Peter

Social Sciences

This is a new edition of a book first published in 1982, which was extended and revised in 1987. In the third edition chapters 1,5,7,10,11 and 12 have been completely rewritten, and chapter 6 has been substantially amended. Other chapters remain essentially unaltered. The framework and approach of the book remains largely as in earlier editions, taking into account recent changes in policy and practice. The aim of this book is to provide a distinctive analysis of British housing policy and practice in which an examination of national policy is linked to studies at the local level, and to contemporary academic debates about housing and the state in modern capitalist society. The approach adopted here is based on the fact that housing policy and practice involves both central and local government in significant but different ways, and that it is necessary to transcend the national or local focus in order to see what is going on. Not only are both central and local government involved in housing, but they are engaged in complex relationships with each other as well as other state and private institutions. The book does not attempt to be comprehensive; it is increasingly apparent that comprehensive accounts of housing policy and practice cannot be contained within one volume without sacrificing essential analysis and discussion. Instead the approach is thematic and selective. A main theme is the distinct contribution of central and local government in housing policy and practice, and the importance of the relationship between these two levels of state activity. As an analytical device, this focus provides a framework on which to build an understanding of the involvement of other state institutions and private interests. A very important idea underpinning the analysis and presentation is the need to avoid a tenure-by-tenure approach. A basic assumption in this book is that tenure divisions can often obscure more than they reveal, and that changes affecting the different tenures have to be understood as being closely interrelated.

Economics

Housing Policy in the UK is a major new textbook that traces the emergence of a 'new comprehensive housing policy' in the wake of the Communities Plan and regionalisation. Grounded in cutting-edge research and analysis, it provides a clear account of the evolution and current dimensions and tensions at the heart of this policy.

Housing Policy in the UK (Public Policy and Politics, 25)

Mullins, David

Red Globe Press

Housing Policy in the UK (Public Policy and Politics, 5)

Home Ownership: Differentiation and Fragmentation (Routledge Library Editions: Housing Policy and Home Ownership)

Routledge

Originally published in 1990 and drawing on extensive research, this book provides an evaluation of the impact of the growth of home ownership in the UK, and of the claims and counter-claims made for its social significance. The book examines critically the evidence for and against the proposition that mass home ownership is contributing towards a more equal society. Wide-ranging in its coverage, the book discusses the changing nature and role of home ownership, wealth accumulation and housing, the relationship between social class and housing tenure, and policy development.

Home Ownership (Routledge Library Editions: Housing Policy and Home Ownership)

Selling the Welfare State: The Privatisation of Council Housing

Taylor & Francis Books Ltd

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