The Ideology of Home Ownership: Homeowner Societies and the Role of Housing
Demand for owner-occupied housing has expanded dramatically across modern-industrialized societies in recent years leading to volatile increases in residential property values. This book explores the rise of modern home-ownership as a cultural, socio-political and ideological phenomenon.
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The Ideology of Home Ownership: Homeowner Societies and the Role of Housing
Demand for owner-occupied housing has expanded dramatically across modern-industrialized societies in recent years leading to volatile increases in residential property values. This book explores the rise of modern home-ownership as a cultural, socio-political and ideological phenomenon.
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The Ideology of Home Ownership: Homeowner Societies and the Role of Housing

The Ideology of Home Ownership: Homeowner Societies and the Role of Housing

by R. Ronald
The Ideology of Home Ownership: Homeowner Societies and the Role of Housing

The Ideology of Home Ownership: Homeowner Societies and the Role of Housing

by R. Ronald

Hardcover(2008)

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Overview

Demand for owner-occupied housing has expanded dramatically across modern-industrialized societies in recent years leading to volatile increases in residential property values. This book explores the rise of modern home-ownership as a cultural, socio-political and ideological phenomenon.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781403989451
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date: 05/29/2008
Edition description: 2008
Pages: 282
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.60(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

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.

Table of Contents

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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