Home ownership beyond asset and security : perceptions of housing related security and insecurity in eight European countries / Marja Elsinga ... [and others], eds.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Elsinga, Marja.

Series:

Housing and urban policy studies ; 32.

Housing and urban policy studies ; 32

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Home ownership--Europe.

Home ownership.

Home ownership--Europe--Public opinion.

Housing--Europe.

Housing.

Public opinion.

Europe.

Public welfare--Europe.

Public welfare.

Physical Description:

335 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam, the Netherlands : IOS Press, [2007]

Contents:

Introduction / Pascal de Decker & Nóra Teller

Methodology : a balance between contextual specificity and universal comparability / Janneke Toussaint ... [et al.]

Belgium : between confidence and prudence / Pascal de Decker

Finland : trust, risk-taking and scepticism / Hannua Ruonavaara & Päivi Naumanen

Germany : home ownership, a Janus-faced advantage in time of welfare restructuring / Gudrun Tegeder & Ilse Helbrecht

Hungary : escape into home ownership / Jószef Hegedüs & Nóra Teller

The Netherlands : positive prospects and equity galore / Janneke Toussaint & Marja Elsinga

Portugal : the sense of home / Pedro Perista & Isabel Baptista

Sweden : to own or to rent / Eva Andersson

United Kingdom : Safe as houses? / Deborah Quilgars & Anwen Jones

Home ownership and income insecurity : a comparison of household interview studies in eight European countries / Janneke Toussaint & Marja Elsinga

Reflections on asset-based welfare and future research / Marja Elsinga, Janneke Toussaint & John Doling.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1586038303

9781586038304

OCLC:

209760202

Publisher Number:

99947618543