Comparative housing policy : government and housing in advanced industrialized countries

Author(s)

• Doling, J. F. (John F.)

Bibliographic Information

Comparative housing policy : government and housing in advanced industrialized countries

John Doling

Macmillan , St. Martin's Press, 1997

• : uk : hbk
• : uk : pbk
• : us

Note

Bibliography: p. 215-224

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This text introduces the reader to the comparative study of housing policy. It looks first at the benefits, limitations and difficulties of the comparative method, as well as the reasons behind governmental involvement in housing and particular policy choices. It then identifies and discusses key themes of value to the analysis of a range of countries in the advanced capitalist world, offering an understanding of national differences and similarities and drawing on examples from, for instance, Europe, the USA, Australia and Japan.

Table of Contents

Introduction.- Housing Policy: Origins and Variations.- Undertaking Comparative Housing Policy.- Studies Policy Options and Frameworks Policy for What Ends?.- Exploring Whole Housing Systems.- Housing Development and Construction.- Housing Finance.- Housing Subsidies.- Home Ownership.- Social Housing.- Private Renting.- Which Policies Work Best?.

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Details

• NCID: BA32726269
• ISBN:
  • 0333662512
  • 0333662520
  • 0312174101
• LCCN: 96030028
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Basingsoke,New York
• Pages/Volumes: xi, 228 p.
• Size: 22 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HD7287
  • DC21 : 363.5
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Housing policy