ABSTRACT

This wide-ranging exploration of the key contemporary relationships between social change and housing is both policy-oriented and theoretical, drawing on a group of internationally-respected academics. It is also multidisciplinary, incorporating sociology, economics, social policy and human geography perspective. Its international perspective is rooted in its examination of issues such as economic insecurity and instability, social diversity, financial and social exclusion, sustainability, privatisation and state legitimacy, the interaction of the global and the local across three continents.

chapter 1|19 pages

Some reflections on the housing question

ByRay Forrest

chapter 2|26 pages

Home-ownership in East and South East Asia: market, state and institutions

James Lee, Ray Forrest and Wai Keung Tam
ByMarket, state and institutions James Lee, Ray Forrest and Wai Keung Tam

chapter 3|23 pages

Restructuring social housing systems

ByChristine M. E. Whitehead

chapter 4|18 pages

Housing provision and management of aspirations

ByChua Beng Huat

chapter 5|21 pages

Housing and regulation theory: domestic demand and global financialization

Alan Smart and James Lee
ByDomestic demand and global financialization Alan Smart and James Lee

chapter 6|12 pages

Housing diversity in the global city

BySophie Watson

chapter 7|20 pages

The making of home in a global world: Aotearoa/ New Zealand as an exemplar

Harvey Perkins and David Thorns
ByAotearoa/New Zealand as an exemplar Harvey Perkins and David Thorns

chapter 8|22 pages

Home-ownership in an unstable world: the case of Japan

Yosuke Hirayama
ByThe case of Japan Yosuke Hirayama

chapter 9|21 pages

Home-ownership and changing housing and mortgage markets: the new economic realities

Peter Williams
ByThe new economic realities Peter Williams

chapter 10|16 pages

From welfare benefit to capitalized asset: the re-commodification of residential space in urban China

Deborah S. Davis
ByThe re-commodification of residential space in urban China Deborah S. Davis

chapter 11|22 pages

Banking the unbanked: connecting residents of social housing to the financial mainstream

Michael A. Stegman
ByConnecting residents of social housing to the financial mainstream Michael A. Stegman

chapter 12|19 pages

Social sustainability, sustainable development and housing development: the experience of Hong Kong

Rebecca L. H. Chiu
ByThe experience of Hong Kong Rebecca L. H. Chiu

chapter 13|24 pages

Urban reform and low-income communities in Chinese cities

ByYa Ping Wang

chapter 14|7 pages

Concluding observations

ByRay Forrest, James Lee