[PDF] Housing Systems In Europe A Comparative Study Of Housing Policy eBook

Author : H. van der Heijden
Publisher : IOS Press
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 23,73 MB
Release : 2013-01-21
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1614991952

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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 development of housing systems in West European countries. One of the key issues is the practicability of this framework in future policy making. Especially Kemeny’s theory on rental markets appears to offer a valuable framework to evaluate policy strategies. Therefore the book is not only relevant to academics but also to policy-makers.

Author : John Doling
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 12,12 MB
Release : 1997-09-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1349258784

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This text introduces the reader to the comparative study of housing policy. It looks first at the benefits, limitations and difficulties of the comparative method, as well as the reasons behind governmental involvement in housing and particular policy choices. It then identifies and discusses key themes of value to the analysis of a range of countries in the advanced capitalist world, offering an understanding of national differences and similarities and drawing on examples from, for instance, Europe, the USA, Australia and Japan.

Author : Judith Allen
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 27,96 MB
Release : 2008-04-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0470757507

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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.

Author : James Barlow
Publisher : Pergamon
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 49,49 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Political Science
ISBN :

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Starting with a critique of the theory of free markets, the book proceeds by categorizing alternative housing systems in Europe, followed by a comparative analysis of production, allocation and dynamic efficiency in three representative centres: Britain, France and Sweden. Differences are explained by focusing on alternative housing strategies and land supply systems. A comparative summary completes this important volume.

Author : Andrew Golland
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 38,44 MB
Release : 2019-01-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0429795289

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First published in 1998, this volume is a comparison of three European states: the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Germany. The book investigates the effect of different policy stances on the volume and tenure of new housing production. Examining a number of contemporary theories, the methodology considers the role of markets, political systems and cultural factors in explaining why housing production outcomes differ. Comparative housing studies can be criticized for a number of reasons. Sometimes the theoretical framework lacks raison d’être; other times the approach comprises a purely descriptive ‘country-by-country’ overview. This study differs in the emphasis given to methodological problems ad in the approach to comparing systems, which is on an issue-by-issue basis. The conclusions show that systems of supply in which governments intervene significantly, often regulate production more successfully than those in which production is mainly market driven. The findings will be of interest to practitioners, researchers and post-graduate students of European housing.