Housing Market Renewal and Social Class

Informationen zum Autor Chris Allen is Professor of Sociology at Manchester Metropolitan University. Klappentext Housing Market Renewal and Social Class critically examines the rationale for housing market renewal: to develop 'high value' housing markets in place of so-called 'failing markets' of low cost housing. Zusammenfassung Housing Market Renewal and Social Class critically examines the rationale for housing market renewal: to develop ‘high value’ housing markets in place of so-called ‘failing markets’ of low cost housing. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1: Invitation to Class Analysis 1. The Death and Resurrection of Class in Sociology 2. Theorizing Social Class Part 2: Social Class and the Market for Houses 3. Social Class and the Question of Being 4. Being in the Market for Houses 5. Being in a Depressed Market for Houses Part 3: The Class Politics of Housing Market Renewal 6. HMR and the ‘New’ Market Logic of Urban Renewal 7. Working Class Experiences of the Brave New Housing Market 8. HMR and the Politics of Middle Class Domination 9. The Rich Get Richer – Profiteering from Working Class Suffering

Product details

• Authors: Chris Allen
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.10.2007
• EAN: 9780415415613
• ISBN: 978-0-415-41561-3
• No. of pages: 248
• Series: Housing, Planning and Design Series; Housing, Planning and Design Series
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); ARCHITECTURE / Landscape, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Real Estate / General, The environment, Urban & municipal planning, Human Geography, Urban and municipal planning and policy, Housing & homelessness, Housing and homelessness, Civil engineering, surveying and building