Urban inequality in Finland : land, housing and the Nordic welfare state / Mika Hyötyläinen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hyötyläinen, Mika, author.

Series:

Edinburgh studies in urban political economy.

Edinburgh studies in urban political economy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sociology, Urban--Finland.

Sociology, Urban.

Cities and towns--Finland.

Cities and towns.

Urban economics--Finland.

Urban economics.

Equality--Finland.

Equality.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (214 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2024.

Summary:

Urban Inequality in Finland investigates urban governance, land and housing policies and the uneven development of the built environment. It analyses city strategies, policy documents and interviews with urban authorities to show how decentralisation, growing inter-city competition and the adopting of economic policies informed by an ideology of efficiency and entrepreneurialism in governance, have prompted the state and cities in Finland to sell public, urban land to get money for public treasuries. It demonstrates how recent transformations in the policies of a Nordic welfare state that have traditionally worked to curb urban inequalities, now allow for them to become exacerbated.

Contents:

Intro

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Part I - Urban Inequality and the Nordic Welfare State

1. Inequality as a Research Topic in Urban Studies

2. The Age of Segregation Research in Finland

3. The Nordic Welfare State in Transformation

Part II - Entrepreneurialism in Public Land Policy

4. The Corporatisation of Public Property

5. Entrepreneurial Public Real Estate Policy in Action

Part III - The Inequalities of Housing Policy

6. The Specialisation of Social Housing

7. Locking Out Use Value

Coda

References

Appendix

Index.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 31 Jul 2026).

ISBN:

9781399501538

1399501534

9781399501545

1399501542

OCLC:

1453323416