New and Published Books
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Young People and Housing
Transitions, Trajectories and Generational Fractures
Series: Housing and Society Series
Young People and Housing brings together new research exploring the economic, social, and cultural challenges that face young people in search of permanent housing. Featuring international case studies from Asia, Europe, and Australia, Young People and Housing is a collection of...
Published October 1st 2012 by Routledge
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Housing and Social Transition in Japan
Series: Housing and Society Series
Bringing together a number of perspectives on the Japanese housing system, Housing and Social Transition in Japan provides a comprehensive, challenging and theoretically developed account of the dynamic role of the housing system during a period of unprecedented social and economic change in one of...
Published September 30th 2012 by Routledge
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Urban Poverty, Housing and Social Change in China
Series: Housing and Society Series
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...
Published July 12th 2012 by Routledge
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Beyond Home Ownership
Housing, Welfare and Society
Series: Housing and Society Series
In context of ongoing transformations in housing markets and socioeconomic conditions, this book focuses on past, current and future roles of home ownership in social policies and welfare practices. It considers owner-occupied housing in terms of diverse meanings and manifestations, but in...
Published October 25th 2011 by Routledge
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Housing Disadvantaged People?
Insiders and Outsiders in French Social Housing
Series: Housing and Society Series
Social housing appears to offer a solution for the housing of poor and disadvantaged people. The French "right to housing" offers poor and disadvantaged citizens priority in social housing allocation, and even a legal action against the State to obtain a social home. Despite this, France is...
Published September 27th 2011 by Routledge
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Women and Housing
An International Analysis
Series: Housing and Society Series
In the context of contemporary economic, political, social and cultural transformations, this book brings together contributions from developed and emerging societies in Europe, the USA and East Asia in order to highlight the nature, extent and impact of these changes on the housing opportunities...
Published November 30th 2010 by Routledge
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Affluence, Mobility and Second Home Ownership
Series: Housing and Society Series
Despite the current recession, the frequency of second home ownership is still surprisingly high throughout the western world. While the UK and Ireland previously had lower occurrences of multiple dwellings compared to the rest of Europe, they are quickly catching up with a current surge in the...
Published September 14th 2010 by Routledge
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Housing, Markets and Policy
Series: Housing and Society Series
This book of specially commissioned essays by distinguished housing scholars addresses the big issues in contemporary debates about housing and housing policy in the UK. Setting out a distinctive and coherent analysis, it steers a course between those accounts that rely on economic theory and...
Published July 19th 2009 by Routledge
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Housing and Health in Europe
The WHO LARES project
Series: Housing and Society Series
In this cross-disciplinary research David Ormandy and expert contributors explain the nature and development of the World Health Organization's study of housing across Europe. In-depth analysis provides new evidence of links between the health of inhabitants and their housing conditions,...
Published April 26th 2009 by Routledge
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The Hidden Millions
Homelessness in Developing Countries
Series: Housing and Society Series
This book explores the extent, causes and characteristics of homelessness in developing countries. Bringing together a major review of literature and empirical case studies, it is invaluable for those studying, researching or working in housing, homelessness, social policy or urban poverty. Drawing...
Published March 2nd 2009 by Routledge
Forthcoming Books
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Social Housing, Disadvantage, and Neighbourhood Liveability: Ten Years of Change in Social Housing Neighbourhoods
To Be Published November 5th 2013 -
The Tenant's Movement: Collective Action and Popular Movements in Housing Policy
To Be Published May 31st 2014