The Politics of Housing Booms and Busts

This book demonstrates how housing systems are built from political struggles over the distribution of welfare and wealth. The contributors analyze varieties of residential capitalism through a range of international case studies, as well as investigating the links between housing finance and the cu...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Schwartz, Herman M. (Editor), Seabrooke, Leonard (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London Palgrave Macmillan UK 2009, 2009
Series:International Political Economy Series
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:This book demonstrates how housing systems are built from political struggles over the distribution of welfare and wealth. The contributors analyze varieties of residential capitalism through a range of international case studies, as well as investigating the links between housing finance and the current international financial crisis
Physical Description:XII, 252 p online resource
ISBN:9780230280441