Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 434 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 404-420) and index. |
Note |
Print version record. |
Contents |
Introduction -- Part I: France -- Background -- Early housing developments -- After the Second World War -- Social landlords -- Private housing -- Difficult-to-manage estates -- Current issues and conclusions -- Part II: Germany -- Background -- The development of German housing from the Industrial Revolution to the Second World War -- Post-war housing -- Housing in the 1970s and 1980s -- The Neue Heimat crisis -- Changes in the 1980s -- Housing change in East Germany -- Summary of the current German housing pattern, and conclusions -- Part III: Britain -- Background -- Early housing developments -- After the First World War -- After the Second World War -- Council landlords -- Decline in private renting--rise in owner-occupation -- Legislative changes of the Thatcher years -- A changing public role -- Conclusions -- Part IV: Denmark -- Background -- Development of social housing -- After the Second World War -- Private house-building -- Social housing organisation and tenants' democracy -- Conditions in the 1980s -- The rescue of mass housing areas -- Post-war housing achievements -- Part V: Ireland -- Background -- The start of Irish housing policy -- Irish housing in limbo--between the wars -- After the Second World War -- The 1970s -- Developments in the 1980s -- The impact of tenant purchase schemes on local authority estates -- An overview and conclusions -- Summary of five country studies -- Main findings -- General themes -- Why state-sponsored housing will survive -- Conclusions. |
Summary |
This takes the historical, political and social changes relating to housing in five European countries, and considers the housing history and traditions which have lead to growing tensions within their most disadvantaged communities. |
Local Note |
EBSCOhost SocINDEX with Full Text |
Subject |
Public housing -- Europe -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Housing policy -- Europe -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Housing authorities -- Europe -- Cross-cultural studies.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure.
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Housing authorities. (OCoLC)fst00962371
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Housing policy. (OCoLC)fst00962432
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Public housing. (OCoLC)fst01082447
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Europe. (OCoLC)fst01245064
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Indexed Term |
Council housing |
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Europe |
Genre/Form |
Cross-cultural studies. (OCoLC)fst01423769
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Added Title |
Hovels to highrise.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Power, Anne. Hovels to high rise. London ; New York : Routledge, 1993 (DLC) 92035541 |
ISBN |
0203420780 (electronic book) |
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9780203420782 (electronic book) |
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0585456275 (electronic book) |
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9780585456270 (electronic book) |
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0415089352 (Cloth) |
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0415089360 (Paper) |
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9786610321568 |
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6610321566 |
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9780415089357 |
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0415089352 |
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9780415089364 |
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0415089360 |
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