Demand for owner-occupied housing expanded dramatically across modern, industrialized societies in recent years leading to volatile increases in residential property values. Entry into the owner-occupied sector has become increasingly critical to households, while the viability of rental-tenure has been undermined. This book explores the rise of modern home-ownership as a cultural, socio-political and ideological phenomenon. It focuses on housing consumption across a range of societies dominated by a political and cultural commitment to home-ownership, which has been largely manipulated and ideologically charged.…mehr
Demand for owner-occupied housing expanded dramatically across modern, industrialized societies in recent years leading to volatile increases in residential property values. Entry into the owner-occupied sector has become increasingly critical to households, while the viability of rental-tenure has been undermined. This book explores the rise of modern home-ownership as a cultural, socio-political and ideological phenomenon. It focuses on housing consumption across a range of societies dominated by a political and cultural commitment to home-ownership, which has been largely manipulated and ideologically charged.
Richard Ronald is Research Fellow at the OTB Research Institute at Delft Technical University, The Netherlands, and has also researched in Britain and Japan. He is the former recipient of the Japan Foundation Doctoral Fellowship and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Postdoctoral Fellowship. He previously co-edited a book on Housing and Social Transition in Japan and has published on housing, urban and social issues.
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List of tables List of figures Preface Introduction: Housing and the Rise of Home ownership Unraveling Home Ownership Ideology Homeowner Ideologies Housing, Globalization and Welfare States Anglo-Saxon Homeowner Societies East Asian Homeowner Societies Comparing Homeowner Societies Conclusion: The Future of Home Ownership and the Consequences of Tenure
List of tables List of figures Preface Introduction: Housing and the Rise of Home ownership Unraveling Home Ownership Ideology Homeowner Ideologies Housing, Globalization and Welfare States Anglo-Saxon Homeowner Societies East Asian Homeowner Societies Comparing Homeowner Societies Conclusion: The Future of Home Ownership and the Consequences of Tenure
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'...it is a significant contribution to both comparative housing studies and debates on tenure, ideology, and housing politics. This book deserves to be read by anyone interested in these topics.' - Manuel Aalbers, Government and Policy
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