Housing and Social Change in Europe and the USA

by Ball Michael, Michael Harloe, Maartjie Martens

Overview

First published in 1988. This book argues that there is a growing structural crisis in the provision of housing in advanced capitalist countries and that the steady improvement in housing conditions since 1945 is unlikely to continue. The dilemmas facing housing policy makers can no longer be seen as concerned just with distributional questions but with problems generated by the restructuring of key elements of housing provision, including private housing finance and the housebuilding industry. It looks at housing markets, housing policies and specific institutions connected with housing provision in many advanced capitalist countries, including Britain, the USA, France, West Germany, the Netherlands and Denmark. It considers the different sectors and the changes taking place there, using case study material where appropriate to support its varied and convincing arguments.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781135078034
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/28/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	256
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Michael Ball is a Lecturer in Economics in the Department of Economics, Birkbeck College, University of London, Michael Harloe is Reader in Sociology and Maartje Martens is Senior Research Officer both in the Department of Sociology, University of Essex.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Housing Provision and Comparative Housing Research, Michael Ball; Chapter 3 The Changing Role of Social Rented Housing, Michael Harloe; Chapter 4 Owner-occupied Housing: a Tenure in Transition, Maartje Martens; Chapter 5 The Revolution in Mortgage Finance, Maartje Martens; Chapter 6 The International Restructuring of Housing Production, Michael Ball; Chapter 7 Towards a New Politics of Housing Provision, Michael Harloe;