Housing and Labour Markets - Building the Connections

First published in 1991. This book explores the different ways in which housing and labour are linked and examines their central significance in many of the key changes in society. It provides a wide-ranging analysis of the relationships between housing and labour markets.

List of contents

List of Contributors; List of Figures; List of Tables; Part One: Building the Connections; Introduction John Allen and Chris Hamnett; 1. Housing Markets, Labour Markets and Discontinuity Theory Bill Randolph; Part Two: Understanding the Connections; Introduction; 2. Housing Markets, Labour Markets and Housing Histories Ray Forrest and Alan Murie 3. Labour Migration and Housing in the UK: An Overview John Salt 4. Housing Markets and Labour Markets in the Quartered City Peter Marcuse 5. The Restructuring of Work and Home: Productive and Reproductive Relations Sophie Watson; Part Three: Mapping the Connections; Introduction; 6. House Price Inflation and Local Labour Market Influences in Britain Mike Coombes. Tony Champion and Moira Monro 7. Labour Markets, Housing Markets and Social Restructuring Global City: The Case of London Chris Hamnett 8. Producing a Divided Society Ray Hudson 9. Housing the Workers in Mrs Thatcher’s High-Tech Utopia James Barlow and Mike Savage 10. Replacing a Surplus Population: The Policies of the London Docklands Development Corporation Mark Goodwin; Index

About the author

John Allen, Chris Hamnett

Summary

First published in 1991. This book explores the different ways in which housing and labour are linked and examines their central significance in many of the key changes in society. It provides a wide-ranging analysis of the relationships between housing and labour markets.

Product details

• Authors: John Hamnett Allen
• Assisted by: John Allen (Editor), Chris Hamnett (Editor), Hamnett Chris (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2019
• EAN: 9780367075422
• ISBN: 978-0-367-07542-2
• No. of pages: 302
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Labour Economics; Routledge Library Editions: Labour Economics
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, Business & Economics / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Infrastructure, Labour / income economics, Labour Economics, Property & real estate, Political Economy, Property and real estate