| Description |
1 online resource (250 pages) |
| Contents |
Title Page; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Introduction; Defining a housing system; Theoretical approaches to international comparative analysis; Introduction; The convergence theory; Structures of housing provision and Harloe's theory on the social rental sector; Divergence theory; Evaluation; Research methods; Objective and research questions; Data and selection of countries; Introduction to the articles; References; Housing policy in seven European countries. The role of politics in housing; Introduction; Exogenous factors: demographic change and socio-economic limitations |
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Housing construction policyHousing policy between 1970 and 1990; an overview; Housing policy in the 1970s; Housing policy in the 1980s; Concluding remarks; References; The private rental sector in Western Europe. Development since the Second World War and prospects for the future; Introduction; Characterisation of the private rental sector; Developments of housing systems after the Second World War and consequences for the private rental sector; Similarities in developments; The decline of the private rental sector; Country-specific developments; The future of the private rental sector |
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The impact of the crisis (b) policy responses: (1) finance system measuresThe impact of the crisis (b) policy responses: (2) housing system measures; Explanation for variations in impacts (a) the economics of housing market volatility; Explanations for variations in impacts (b) housing system approaches; Dynamic versus static housing systems: the theory; Dynamic housing systems; Static housing systems; Dynamic versus static housing systems: the application to several countries; The countries classified by type of housing system; Dynamic versus static housing systems: stabilising factors |
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Owner-occupied housing sectorRental sector; Conclusions; References; Social rented housing in Western Europe. Developments and expectations; Introduction; A theoretical perspective on the development of the social rented sector: Convergence and divergence; Development of the policy context; Development of the position of the social rented sector in the housing market; The development of the character of the social rented sector and the consequences for the position of social landlords; The role of the social rented sector for various income categories |
| Summary |
West European Housing Systems in a Comparative Perspective gives an overview of the results of almost 20 years of international comparative housing research, carried out by the author and his colleagues at OTB Research Institute for the Built Environment. The articles give evidence of the transition from descriptive analysis to theoretical exploration and the growing relevance of methodology during these years. The results provide deeper insight into comparative research methodologies and the viability of existing theories as a framework for analysing differences and similarities in the develo |
| Bibliography |
ReferencesUniversalistic, particularistic and middle way approaches to comparing the private rental sector; Introduction; Private renting; Universalistic and particularistic approaches to comparative research; Universalistic approach; Particularistic approach; Examples of universalism and particularism; Middle way: Between universalistic and particularistic approaches; Results; Conclusions; References; Western European housing systems and the impact of the international financial crisis; Introduction; The crisis; The impact of the crisis (a)-macroeconomic and housing market responses |
| Notes |
The trend of housing costs in the social rented sector |
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Print version record |
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Housing policy -- Europe, Western
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Housing -- Europe, Western
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Housing
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Housing policy
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Juridik och lagstiftning.
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Western Europe
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Europa.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781614991953 |
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1614991952 |
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