Home ownership beyond asset and security : perceptions of housing related security and insecurity in eight European countries / Marja Elsinga ... [et al.], 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 welfare--Europe.

Public welfare.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (352 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam, the Netherlands : IOS Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Offers information by linking developments on home ownership with developments in the financial and labor markets in the context of globalization. This book is the conclusion of a body of research that started with a workshop held at the University of York in October 2000, and which resulted in the book ""Globalisation and Home Ownership"".

Contents:

Title page; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Methodology: A balance between contextual specificity and universal comparability; Belgium: Between confidence and prudence; Finland: Trust, risk-taking and scepticism; Germany: Home ownership, a Janus-faced advantage in time of welfare restructuring; Hungary: Escape into home ownership; The Netherlands: Positive prospects and equity galore; Portugal: The sense of home; Sweden: To own or to rent; United Kingdom: Safe as houses?; Home ownership and income insecurity: A comparison of household interview studies in eight European countries

Reflections on asset-based welfare and future researchThe research team

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-4416-1675-6

1-60750-306-9

600-00-1432-5

OCLC:

491253263