Housing, Care and Inheritance

Zusatztext "This is an excellent book for anyone with an interest in issues around housing, care and inheritance. It provides a comprehensive and up-to-date review of existing research alongside new empirical insights... Like any good book, it left me wondering about further questions." Karen Rowlingson, Institute of Applied Social Studies, University of Birmingham, UK, The Journal of Ageing & Society, Volume 30 - 2010 Informationen zum Autor Misa Izuhara is a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Urban Studies, the School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol, UK Klappentext Drawing on the author's long-standing research into housing issues surrounding the ageing society, this book examines this phenomenon which is now a concern in many mature economies. Zusammenfassung Drawing on the author’s long-standing research into housing issues surrounding the ageing society, this book examines this phenomenon which is now a concern in many mature economies. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction 2. Intergenerational Reciprocity: Cultural Practice 3. Housing Assets and Intergenerational Transfer in a Global Context 4. Long Term Care and the Shifting the State-Family Boundaries 5. Accumulation of Housing Wealth and Family Relations 6. Plans for Disposal of Assets 7. Rethinking the ‘Generational Contact’ Between Housing, Care and Inheritance 8. Conclusion

Product details

• Authors: Misa Izuhara, Misa (University of Bristol Izuhara, Izuhara Misa
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2008
• EAN: 9780415415484
• ISBN: 978-0-415-41548-4
• No. of pages: 156
• Series: Housing and Society Series; Housing and Society Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; Business & Economics / General, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / General, ARCHITECTURE / Landscape, Regional & area planning, Civil engineering, surveying & building, Housing & homelessness, Housing and homelessness, Regional and area planning, Civil engineering, surveying and building