Housing Economy And Society

* What are the connections between housing and contemporary social divisions?
* What are the relationships between housing and the wider economic and political context?
* How should the changing institutional and regulatory structures be understood?

This authoritative text will provide readers with a comprehensive understanding of housing provision and housing policy, set within a broader framework of the social structure and the economic system. It makes links between housing as a discrete area of policy intervention, and more general academic and policy debates. These broader debates include the changing nature of welfare provision in contemporary capitalist societies, changing demographic patterns, issues of social division and exclusion, and the role of housing investment and housing-related consumption in the macro economy. In addition, the authors carefully consider issues to do with multiculturalism and patriarchy. The focus of discussion is on the British housing system but there is a strong comparative element with examples drawn from Europe, North America and East and Pacific-Asia. In all, students of housing, social policy and the wider social sciences will find this to be an enlightening and essential text.