Limit this search to....

Housing and Welfare in Southern Europe
Contributor(s): Allen, Judith (Author), Barlow, James (Author), Leal, Jesús (Author)
ISBN: 1405103078     ISBN-13: 9781405103077
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
OUR PRICE:   $161.45  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: August 2004
Qty:
Temporarily out of stock - Will ship within 2 to 5 weeks
Annotation: These key themes run throughout this rigorous comparative analysis of housing provision in the southern European countries, written by an international group of authors.

"Housing and Welfare in Southern Europe" fills a major gap in the literature on comparative European housing policy. It shows how the relationship between state, market and civil society in Portugal, Spain, Italy and Greece is fundamentally different from northern Europe. By providing a southern view of housing provision, it throws new light on difficult social and housing policy issues throughout Europe.

This book will be of direct interest to academics, policy makers and students involved in housing as it:
Offers a fresh new way to analyse comparative housing policy and practices
Highlights the distinctive relationships among state, market, civil society and households in southern Europe
Draws out lessons for developing alternative models of housing provision
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Sociology - Marriage & Family
- Political Science | Public Policy - City Planning & Urban Development
- Political Science | Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare
Dewey: 363.509
LCCN: 2003069152
Series: Real Estate Issues
Physical Information: 0.46" H x 6.94" W x 9.56" (1.18 lbs) 240 pages
 
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.
Publisher Description:
The growing literature on comparative European housing policy has played a major part in developing our understanding of the way housing in provided in different countries, and in the way the interaction between the stat, market and civil society is conceptualized. However, much of this analysis is rooted without question in the welfare states of northern Europe - there has been almost no research published in English on the provision of housing in southern Europe. Such research as exists deals with specific feature of housing policy, invariably in a single country. There is probably a better understanding of the housing systems of the former communist countries than those of southern Europe.