| Housing Policy Transformed: The Right to Buy and the Desire to Own Contributor(s): King, Peter (Author) |
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ISBN: 1847422136 ISBN-13: 9781847422132 Publisher: Policy Press OUR PRICE: $132.95 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Policy - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare |
| Dewey: 363.580 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.6" W x 9.5" (0.85 lbs) 136 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Right to Buy is the most controversial housing policy of the last 30 years, but it is also the most successful. Unlike the many studies that have focused on the costs of the policy and sought to show its negative impact, this book seeks to understand the Right to Buy on its own terms. It explains how the policy links with a coherent ideology based on self-interest and the care of things close to us - instead of a policy that sought to do things for people, the Right to Buy allowed people to do things for themselves. |