Housing Policy and Economic Power - The Political Economy of Owner Occupation

Informationen zum Autor Professor Michael Ball, Michael Ball Klappentext Published in 2002, Housing Policy and Economic Power is a valuable contribution to the field of Human Geography. Zusammenfassung Published in 2002! Housing Policy and Economic Power is a valuable contribution to the field of Human Geography. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of abbreviations, List of tables, List of figure, Preface, Housing problems and owner occupation, 2 The origins of mass home ownership, 3 The modern speculative housebuilding industry, 4 Building for the new housing market, 5 Housing development and land dealing, 6 The housing production process and the crisis of production, 7 Land-use planning and speculative housebuilding, 8 The demise of planning control, 9 Owner occupiers: a social category and its consequences, 10 Building societies and the changing mortgage market, 11 The unstable housing market, 12 The political economy of owner occupation, 13 Towards new forms of housing provision, Appendix: The survey of housebuilding firms and planning authorities: research method, Notes, References, Index

Product details

• Authors: Michael Ball, Professor Michael Ball, Professor Michael Ball Ball
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.10.1983
• EAN: 9780416352801
• ISBN: 978-0-416-35280-1
• No. of pages: 448
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography, Economics, Social issues & processes, Ownership and organization of enterprises, Property and real estate, Homelessness