Seeking shelter on the Pacific Rim : financial globalization, social change, and the housing market / Gary A. Dymski and Dorene Isenberg, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dymski, Gary.

Isenberg, Dorene, 1949-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Housing--United States.

Housing.

Capital movements.

Finance.

United States.

Housing policy--United States.

Housing policy.

Housing--United States--Finance.

Housing--Japan.

Housing policy--Japan.

Japan.

Housing--Japan--Finance.

Housing--Korea (South).

Korea (South).

Housing policy--Korea (South).

Housing--Korea (South)--Finance.

Capital movements--United States.

Capital movements--Japan.

Capital movements--Korea (South).

International finance.

Physical Description:

xiii, 382 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, [2002]

Summary:

Building on an analysis of the changes that financial globalization is bringing about in the housing and home-finance markets of the United States, Japan, and South Korea, this work examines how the liberalization of national financial markets has affected the relationships among governments, markets, and individuals. It develops a new critical response to economic globalization based on the social efficiency of policy and market shifts, with special attention to gender inequality.

Contents:

Part I United States: From Suburban Tract to Affordability Crisis

2. Trading State-Led Prosperity for Market-Led Stagnation: From the Golden Age to Global Neoliberalism / James Crotty 21

3. U.S. Housing Policy Transformation: The Challenge of the Market / Dorene Isenberg 42

4. U.S. Housing as Capital Accumulation: The Transformation of American Housing Finance, Households, and Communities / Gary A. Dymski 63

5. Women, Housing, and Housing Policy: Home, Job, and Credit in the United States / Dorene Isenberg, Chong-Hyun Christie Byun 97

Part II Japan: From Supply Shortage to Social Reproduction Crisis

6. The Japanese Bubble: Domestic and International Aspects / Akira Matsumoto 127

7. Housing Finance in Japanese Financial Instability / Makoto Itoh 150

8. Housing Provision and Marketization in 1980s and 1990s Japan: A New Stage of the Affordability Problem? / Eiji Oizumi 169

9. Housing Finance and the Destabilization of Household Structure in Japan / Mariko Adachi 187

Part III South Korea: From Social Housing to Social Polarization

10. The Peculiar "Publicness" of Housing in South Korea / Soo Haeng Kim, Hyeon Hyo Ahn 211

11. The Evolving Role of the Korean Government in Low-Income Housing / Seong-Kyu Ha 232

12. "Global Capitalism" and the Transition in South Korean Housing Finance / Hyeon Hyo Ahn 254

13. Women's Access to Housing in Korea / Manjae Kim 275

Part IV Housing Crises and Housing Solutions

14. Broadening Our Housing Options for a Changing and Diverse Population / Sherry Ahrentzen 301

15. The Struggle to Struggle Together: The Case of Women, Labor, and Housing / Jacqueline Leavitt 320

16. Housing-Centered Crises of Social Reproduction in the United States, Japan, and South Korea: Overview and Options / Gary A. Dymski, Dorene Isenberg 349.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0765606801

OCLC:

47100879