Housing policy and economic power : the political economy of owner occupation / Michael Ball.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ball, Michael.

Series:

UP Housing policy and economic power

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Housing policy--Great Britain.

Housing policy.

Home ownership--Government policy--Great Britain.

Home ownership.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (445 p.)

Edition:

Hardback.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Methuen, 1983.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Michael Ball has contributed to Housing Policy and Economic Power: The Political Economy of Owner Occupation as an author.Michael Ball is a designer and craftsperson currently specializing in glasswork. His work has been published in several magazines and craft books. Working both on his own and in cooperation with other artists, he has developed work in various media, including rocaille beadwork, illustration, silversmithing and fabric painting.

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of abbreviations; List of tables; List of figures; Preface; Housing problems and owner occupation; The origins of mass home ownership; The modern speculative housebuilding industry; Building for the new housing market; Housing development and land dealing; The housing production process and the crisis of production; Land-use planning and speculative housebuilding; The demise of planning control; Owner occupiers: a social category and its consequences; Building societies and the changing mortgage market; The unstable housing market

The political economy of owner occupationTowards new forms of housing provision; Appendix: The survey of housebuilding firms and planning authorities: research method; Notes; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

1-135-83595-0

1-135-83596-9

0-429-23277-2

1-138-16045-8

1-280-40452-3

0-203-47261-6

9780429232770

OCLC:

58968520