Comparative housing policy: government and housing in advanced industrialized countries / by John Doling

By:

Doling, John

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: Macmillan, 1997. London:Description: xi, 228pISBN:

9780333662519

Subject(s):

Housing policy

DDC classification:

363.5 DOL-C

Contents:

1.Introduction -- 2.Housing Policy: Origins and Variations -- 3.Undertaking Comparative Housing Policy -- 4.Studies Policy Options and Frameworks Policy for What Ends? -- 5.Exploring Whole Housing Systems -- 6.Housing Development and Construction -- 7.Housing Finance -- 8.Housing Subsidies -- 9.Home Ownership -- 10.Social Housing -- 11.Private Renting -- 12.Which Policies Work Best?

Summary: his 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.

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1.Introduction --
2.Housing Policy: Origins and Variations --
3.Undertaking Comparative Housing Policy --
4.Studies Policy Options and Frameworks Policy for What Ends? --
5.Exploring Whole Housing Systems --
6.Housing Development and Construction --
7.Housing Finance --
8.Housing Subsidies --
9.Home Ownership --
10.Social Housing --
11.Private Renting --
12.Which Policies Work Best?

his 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.

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