House, home and society

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House, home and society

Rowland Atkinson, Keith Jacobs

Macmillan Education , Palgrave, 2016

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Note

Bibliography: p. 161-173

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Issues around houses and homes reflect and inform our social, cultural and political worlds, from the subprime market and the financial crisis to social mobility and gender roles. Critically exploring key theories and cutting-edge debates, this text examines home in a global context for students across sociology, human geography and urban studies.

Table of Contents

1. House, Home and Society 2. Theoretical Perspectives on Housing 3. The Meaning of Home 4. The Household, Gender, and Sexuality 5. The Loss of Home 6. Domestic Criminology: Crime, Harm and Victimisation in the Home 7. Home Economics 8. Housing, State and Market 9. Housing, Class and Spatial Divisions 10. Space, Place and Design 11. The Home in a Global Context 12. Conclusion: Houses, Homes and Societies.

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  • NCID
    BB21086151
  • ISBN
    • 9781137294029
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    [Basingstoke, England],London
  • Pages/Volumes
    vii, 178 p.
  • Size
    22 cm
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