The Housing Debate

The key debate in this timely book is whether social policy and people's homes should be so closely connected, especially when housing markets are so volatile. The author argues that housing, having been a relatively neglected field of public policy, is now rightfully re-established as a major pillar of the post-industrial welfare state.

List of contents

The foundations; The idea of housing policy: the crisis of the late-Victorian housing market; The birth of the home-owning society: the interwar years (1918-39); Home-ownership comes of age (the post-war decades (1945-79); The post-industrial economy and housing; Housing and welfare states; The globalisation of the mortgage market;Towards asset-based welfare states; Conclusion.

About the author

Stuart Lowe is Senior Lecturer in Social Policy at the University of York. He is a political scientist interested particularly in housing policy, about which he has written extensively. His books include Urban Social Movements and Housing Policy Analysis (both Palgrave Macmillan) and a best-selling textbook with John Hudson, Understanding the Policy Process (The Policy Press). His recent research focuses on the relationship between housing and welfare state change.

Summary

The key debate in this timely book is whether social policy and people's homes should be so closely connected, especially when housing markets are so volatile. The author argues that housing, having been a relatively neglected field of public policy, is now rightfully re-established as a major pillar of the post-industrial welfare state.

Product details

• Authors: Lowe, Stuart Lowe, Stuart (Department of Social Policy and Social Work Lowe
• Publisher: Policy Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.09.2011
• EAN: 9781847422736
• ISBN: 978-1-84742-273-6
• No. of pages: 280
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 301 g
• Series: Policy and Politics in the Twenty-First Century; Policy and Politics in the Twe; Policy and Politics in the Twenty-First Century; Policy and Politics in the Twe
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education