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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777048903321

Titolo

Housing and the new welfare state [[electronic resource] ] : perspectives from East Asia and Europe / / edited by Richard Groves, Alan Murie, Christopher Watson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Aldershot, England ; ; Burlington, VT, : Ashgate Pub., c2007

ISBN

1-315-58710-6

1-317-12103-1

1-317-12102-3

1-281-20879-5

9786611208790

0-7546-8849-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (245 p.)

Collana

Social policy in modern Asia

Altri autori (Persone)

GrovesRick

MurieAlan

WatsonC. J

Disciplina

363.5/565095

Soggetti

Housing policy - East Asia

Housing policy - Europe

Welfare state - East Asia

Welfare state - Europe

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 (p. [211]-226) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Four worlds of welfare and housing / Richard Groves, Alan Murie and Christopher Watson -- The Singapore model of housing and the welfare state / Sock-Yong Phang -- The state-managed housing system in Hong Kong / K. Y. Lau -- The state and housing policy in Korea / Shin-Young Park -- Housing and state strategy in post-war Japan / Yosuke Hirayama -- From socialist welfare to support of home-ownership : the experience of China / Ya Ping Wang -- Taiwan's housing policy in the context of East Asian welfare models / Pui Yee Connie Tang -- From tenants to home-owners : change in the old welfare states / Richard Groves, Alan Murie and Christopher Watson -- The property owning welfare state / Richard Groves, Alan Murie and Christopher Watson.



Sommario/riassunto

The changing nature and significance of housing provision within welfare states is considered in this timely book. Housing and the New Welfare State shows that housing is becoming critical to asset-based welfare not only in Western Europe but also in the six East Asian housing systems that are a major focus of the book.