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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455239603321

Autore

Ball Michael <1948->

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2016

©1983

ISBN

1-135-83596-9

0-429-23277-2

1-138-16045-8

1-280-40452-3

0-203-47261-6

Edizione

[Hardback.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (445 p.)

Collana

UP  Housing policy and economic power

Disciplina

333.338

363.5/8/0941

Soggetti

Housing policy - Great Britain

Home ownership - Government policy - Great Britain

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.