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  • Housing and Family Wealth

    Comparative International Perspectives

    Edited by Ray Forrest, Alan Murie ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Housing
    Originally published in 1995, this innovative collection provides a multidisciplinary and cross-national perspective on the links between housing, personal wealth and the family in contemporary society. Reasserting the role of the family and informal networks in housing provision, it counteracts a tendency to view housing issues in the narrow terms of market and state provision.The contributions ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • Home Ownership

    Differentiation and Fragmentation

    by Ray Forrest, Alan Murie, Peter Williams ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Housing Policy and Home Ownership
    Originally published in 1990 and drawing on extensive research, this book provides an evaluation of the impact of the growth of home ownership in the UK, and of the claims and counter-claims made for its social significance. The book examines critically the evidence for and against the proposition that mass home ownership is contributing towards a more equal society. Wide-ranging in its coverage, ... Read more

    $47.99 USD

  • Home Ownership in Crisis?

    The British Experience of Negative Equity

    by Ray Forrest, Patricia Kennett, Philip Leather ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    First published in 1999, this book brings together the findings from research projects funded by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions. The programme of research examined the problems faced by home owners with the collapse of the property market in the late 1980s. The book focuses on households with negative equity and uses analyzes of ... Read more

    $33.99 USD

  • Selling the Welfare State (Routledge Revivals)

    The Privatisation of Public Housing

    by Ray Forrest, Alan Murie ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    Originally published in 1988, this book offers the first comprehensive and critical analysis of the privatisation of public housing in Britain. It outlines the historical background to the growth of public housing and the developing political debatea surrounding its disposal. The main emphasis in the book, however, is on the ways in which privatisation in housing links to other key changes in ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • The City in China

    New Perspectives on Contemporary Urbanism

    Edited by Ray Forrest, Julie Ren, Bart Wissink ...
    In 1915 Robert Park penned his seminal paper “The City: Suggestions for the investigation of human behaviour in the city environment”. This essay provided an agenda for the Chicago School of Urban Sociology, which formed the basis of urban research for decades.Given that China’s urban centres now occupy the spotlight that once belonged to American cities, Park’s essay is a platform and point of ... Read more

    $46.79 USD

  • Cities and the Super-Rich

    Real Estate, Elite Practices and Urban Political Economies

    Edited by Ray Forrest, Sin Yee Koh, Bart Wissink ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    With the rise of wealth inequalities, our cities are changing dramatically. This collection critically engages with and advances existing debates on the super-rich and their roles in these transformations. An interdisciplinary range of contributions from international experts including sociologists, geographers, historians, discourse analysts, and urban studies specialists reveal crucial aspects ... Read more

    $116.09 USD

  • Housing and Social Change

    East-West Perspectives

    Edited by Ray Forrest, James Lee ...
    Series series Housing and Society Series
    This wide-ranging exploration of the key contemporary relationships between social change and housing is both policy-oriented and theoretical, drawing on a group of internationally-respected academics. It is also multidisciplinary, incorporating sociology, economics, social policy and human geography perspective. Its international perspective is rooted in its examination of issues such as economic ... Read more

    $101.99 USD

  • Changing Governance and Public Policy in East Asia

    Edited by Ka Ho Mok, Ray Forrest ...
    Series series Comparative Development and Policy in Asia
    The search for good governance has become an increasingly important element of public policy and public management and is high on the political agenda of East Asian countries. The need for robust governance structures and institutions was brought into sharp focus by the Asian Financial Crisis which adversely affected most East Asian societies. Since then they have begun to look for ways to ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Young People and Housing

    Transitions, Trajectories and Generational Fractures

    Edited by Ray Forrest, Ngai-Ming Yip ...
    Series series Housing and Society Series
    Young People and Housing brings together new research exploring the economic, social, and cultural challenges that face young people in search of permanent housing. Featuring international case studies from Asia, Europe, and Australia, Young People and Housing is a collection of groundbreaking work from leading scholars in housing policy.Younger generations across a wide range of societies face ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

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  • China Today, China Tomorrow

    Domestic Politics, Economy, and Society

    Edited by Joseph Fewsmith ...
    In this timely book, a group of leading scholars provides a comprehensive assessment of China's polity, economy, and society. Taking the thirtieth anniversary of Beijing's adoption of reform and opening as an occasion to reflect on the course of development over the past three decades, the contributors consider where the country may be going in the future. Just as China has had enormous success in ... Read more

    $47.79 USD

  • China and Globalization

    The Social, Economic and Political Transformation of Chinese Society

    by Doug Guthrie ...
    Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2009!In its quarter-century-long shift from communism to capitalism, China has transformed itself from a desperately poor nation into a country with one of the fastest-growing and largest economies in the world. Doug Guthrie examines the reforms driving the economic genesis in this compact and highly readable introduction to contemporary China. He highlights the ... Read more

    $87.99 USD

  • Where Does Money Come From?

    A Guide to the UK Monetary and Banking System

    by Josh Ryan-Collins, Tony Greenham, Richard Werner ...
    Where Does Money Come From? reveals how, contrary to public perception, the bulk of today's money supply is created and allocated by commercial banks in their role as providers of credit. The authors argue that this system is inherently unstable, with little effective regulation of how much credit is provided, or whether it is used for productive or speculative purposes. Based on detailed research ... Read more

    $9.99 USD