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The housing debate /

The emergence of Britain as a home-owning society has implications for how people think about housing. Housing is used: as a pension fund; to give resources for care needs; and to sponsor access to private education. This text argues that housing is at the forefront of public policy and as a pillar...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Lowe, Stuart, 1950-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol : Policy Press, 2011.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1 The foundations 1
  • 2 The idea of housing policy: the crisis of the late-Victorian housing market 37
  • 3 The birth of the home-owning society: the interwar years (1918-39) 53
  • 4 Home-ownership comes of age the post-war decades (1945-79) 79
  • 5 The post-industrial economy and housing 105
  • 6 Housing and welfare states 135
  • 7 The globalisation of the mortgage market 167
  • 8 Towards asset-based welfare states 199
  • 9 Conclusion 225.