Homeownership in Hong Kong : house buying as hope mechanism / Chung-kin Tsang.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tsang, Chung-kin, author.

Contributor:

Taylor & Francis eBooks.

Series:

Routledge contemporary China series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Home ownership--China--Hong Kong.

Home ownership.

Housing--China--Hong Kong.

Housing.

Social stability--China--Hong Kong.

Social stability.

Social change--China--Hong Kong.

Social change.

Hong Kong (China)--History.

Hong Kong (China).

China--Hong Kong.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 138 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2021.

System Details:

text file

Biography/History:

Chung-kin Tsang attained PhD in Communication Studies from UNC at Chapel Hill. His research interests include cultural sociology and cultural studies, urban and housing studies, economic culture and discourses, and popular culture in the East Asian context. He now works as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Sociologyat the Hong Kong Shue Yan University.

Contents:

<P>1. Introduction; 2. Financialization and hope: the case of Hong Kong; 3. Hope in the tunnel (1970s-1990s); 4. Transformation after 1997; 5. Hope through waiting for the coming crisis (2010s); 6. Going beyond active and passive hope</P>

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 01, 2021).

Other Format:

Print version: Tsang, Chung-kin. Homeownership in Hong Kong

ISBN:

9781003016021

1003016022

1000395383

9781000395310

1000395316

9781000395389

Publisher Number:

40030703505

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.