Housing, home ownership and social change in Hong Kong
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Housing, home ownership and social change in Hong Kong
（Social & political studies from Hong Kong）
Ashgate Publishing, c1999
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-237) and index
"Library of Congress catalog card number: 99-76349"--T.p. verso
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Throughout the 1980s and 90s, the housing system in Hong Kong has witnessed a slow but consistent transition from a tenure dominated by public rental housing to one dominated by private home ownership. This book seeks to explain the unique social organization of home ownership in contemporary Hong Kong. Specifically, the book deals with the genesis of home ownership from three areas: housing histories; family culture; and capital gains from home transactions. It is agreed that extreme deprivations in housing conditions in early lives, a strong family culture of mutual help as well as unprecedented capital gains, all contribute towards explaining the complex nature of home ownership growth. In conclusion, the book suggests that with China regaining sovereignty after July 1997, the social organization of home ownership will be further complicated by more internal migrations from other parts of China, making housing problems even more acute.
Table of Contents
- Part 1 Theory and method: introduction
- socio-political change, economic restructuring and the housing question
- housing studies, the social organization of housing and home ownership
- towards a theoretical framework. Part 2 Housing history, family and the middle class: housing histories as narratives of social change
- family support, culture and home ownership
- the middle class and home ownership - capital gains and class formation. Part 3 Conclusion and discussion: economic downturn and the crisis of home ownership. Appendix: interview guidelines
- profile of respondents - the middle class homeowners
- outline map of Hong Kong.
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