Housing and Social Change
Housing and Social Change

Author: Ray Forrest

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2003-09-25

Total Pages: 294

ISBN-13: 1134481705

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This wide-ranging exploration of the key contemporary relationships between social change and housing is both policy-oriented and theoretical, drawing 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, privatisation and state legitimacy, the interaction of the global and the local across three continents.

Ideal Homes?
Ideal Homes?

Author: Tony Chapman

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2002-09-11

Total Pages: 239

ISBN-13: 1134695845

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Ideal Homes? shows how both popular images and experiences of home life relate to the ability of society's members to produce and respond to social change. The book provides for the first time an analysis of the space of the home and the experiences of home life by writers from a wide range of disciplines, including sociology, architecture, geography and anthropology. It covers a range of subjects, including gender roles, different generations relationships to home, the changing nature of the family, transition and risk and alternative visions of home.

Housing, Home Ownership and Social Change in Hong Kong
Housing, Home Ownership and Social Change in Hong Kong

Author: James Lee

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-06-04

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 9781138340589

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First published in 1999, this volume examines the issue that, in the last two decades, the housing system in Hong Kong has witnessed a slow but consistent transition from a tenure dominated by public rental housing to one dominated by private home ownership. This book seeks to explain the unique social organization of home ownership in contemporary Hong Kong. Specifically, the book deals with the genesis of home ownership from three areas: housing histories, family culture and capital gains from home transactions. It is agreed that extreme deprivations in housing conditions in early lives, a strong family culture of mutual help as well as unprecedented capital gains, all contribute towards explaining the complex nature of home ownership growth. In conclusion the book suggests that with China regaining sovereignty after July 1997, the social organization of home ownership will be further complicated by more internal migrations from other parts of China, making housing problems even more acute.

Housing, Home Ownership and Social Change in Hong Kong
Housing, Home Ownership and Social Change in Hong Kong

Author: James Lee

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-07-23

Total Pages: 350

ISBN-13: 0429803427

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First published in 1999, this volume examines the issue that, in the last two decades, the housing system in Hong Kong has witnessed a slow but consistent transition from a tenure dominated by public rental housing to one dominated by private home ownership. This book seeks to explain the unique social organization of home ownership in contemporary Hong Kong. Specifically, the book deals with the genesis of home ownership from three areas: housing histories, family culture and capital gains from home transactions. It is agreed that extreme deprivations in housing conditions in early lives, a strong family culture of mutual help as well as unprecedented capital gains, all contribute towards explaining the complex nature of home ownership growth. In conclusion the book suggests that with China regaining sovereignty after July 1997, the social organization of home ownership will be further complicated by more internal migrations from other parts of China, making housing problems even more acute.

Housing and Social Change
Housing and Social Change

Author: Ray Forrest

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2003-09-25

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 1134481713

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The aim of this book is to provide a benchmark statement of key issues on housing and to emphasise the need to embed our understanding of housing issues in an international and multidisciplinary setting.

The People's Home?
The People's Home?

Author: Michael Harloe

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2011-08-15

Total Pages: 609

ISBN-13: 1444399403

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The People's Home is a magisterial examination of the development of social rented housing over the last hundred years in six advanced capitalist countries - Britain, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark and the USA.

Ideal Homes?
Ideal Homes?

Author: Tony Chapman

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2002-09-11

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 1134695837

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Ideal Homes? shows how both popular images and experiences of home life relate to the ability of society's members to produce and respond to social change. The book provides for the first time an analysis of the space of the home and the experiences of home life by writers from a wide range of disciplines, including sociology, architecture, geography and anthropology. It covers a range of subjects, including gender roles, different generations relationships to home, the changing nature of the family, transition and risk and alternative visions of home.

Housing and Human Settlements in a World of Change
Housing and Human Settlements in a World of Change

Author: Astrid Ley

Publisher: transcript Verlag

Published: 2020-10-31

Total Pages: 281

ISBN-13: 3839449421

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The challenge of housing is increasingly recognised in international policy discussions in connection to the processes of migration, climate change, and economic globalisation. This book addresses the challenges of housing and emerging solutions along the lines of three major dynamics: migration, climate change, and neo-liberalism. It explores the outcomes of neo-liberal »enabling« ideas, responses to extreme climate events with different housing approaches, and how the dynamics of migration reshape the urban housing provision in a changing world. The aim is to contextualise the theoretical discourses by reflecting on the case study context of the eleven papers published in this book. With forewords by Raquel Rolnik (University Sao Paulo) and Mohammed El Sioufi (UN-Habitat).

Housing and Social Theory
Housing and Social Theory

Author: Jim Kemeny

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-01-11

Total Pages: 206

ISBN-13: 1134924380

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Studies in housing have often concentrated on an abstract institutionalised approach isolated from the broader base of the social sciences. This book is the first to treat housing as a subject of social theory. It provides a critique of current research and theorises housing in relation to political science, social change and welfare developing a case study to illustrate these applications. By being sometimes controversial, this book will stimulate debate among housing theorists and sociologists alike. The Author is currently Senior Research fellow at the Swedish Institute for Building Research and Docent in Sociology at Uppsala University. He has written widely on Housing, Urban Studies and Sociology and his books include THE MYTH OF HOME OWNERSHIP and THE GREAT AUSTRALIAN NIGHTMARE.

Urban Poverty, Housing and Social Change in China
Urban Poverty, Housing and Social Change in China

Author: Ya Ping Wang

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2004-10-21

Total Pages: 246

ISBN-13: 1134397771

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Economic reform in China has resulted in a widening gap between the rich and the poor, and urban poverty has emerged as a key factor which may affect future development. This new book examines the poverty problem in relation to housing and social changes in large inland cities, and assesses the effectiveness of recent government anti-poverty policies. The book also puts the Chinese experience in the wider context of transitional economies and discusses the similarities and differences between China and Central and Eastern European countries. The book is based on a long period of research on Chinese urban development, and benefited from several research projects conducted in Chinese cities. It is an important reference for all of those interested in housing, urban studies and social change, and is a key text for students of the Chinese economy and society.