Housing and social theory / / Jim Kemeny

• Record Nr.: UNISA996197724803316
• Autore: Kemeny Jim.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1992
• ISBN: 1-134-92438-0; 1-138-97201-0; 1-134-92439-9; 1-280-32274-8; 0-203-41356-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (213 p.)
• Disciplina: 363.5
• Soggetti: Housing - Sociological aspects; Social structure; 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 index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Housing and social theory; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Preface and acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I: Housing and metatheory; 1. The disciplinary basis of housing studies; Introduction; On the nature of disciplines; The case of urban studies; The case of social administration; Substantive focuses: housing, home, and residence; Interdisciplinism, housing and social theory; Empiricism and the problem of epistemic drift; Conclusions; 2. The epistemological grounds of housing studies; Introduction; Basic concepts; Methodological issues; The rhetoric of concept-formation; What is a housing problem?Conclusions; Part II: Bringing theory back in; 3. Returning to the state in housing research; Introduction; The return to the state debate in political science; The state in housing research; Theorising the state in housing research; Conclusions; 4. A critique of unilinealism in comparative housing research; Introduction; Unilinearity and convergence in social theory; The convergence thesis in comparative housing research; Conclusions; 5. Housing and comparative welfare research; Introduction; Theories of change in welfare research; Toward a theorised conception of 'welfare'Housing and welfare in comparative perspective; Conclusions; Part III: Toward a divergence thesis in comparative housing and research; 6. Ideology and divergent social structures; Introduction; Macrosocial aspects; Microsocial aspects; Conclusions; 7. Divergent social structures and residence; Introduction; Latent divergence in The Myth of Home Ownership; Welfare states and social structures; Collective and private modes of industrialism; Conclusions; 8. The political construction of collective residence: the case of Sweden; Introduction; The social construction of hegemonyThe social construction of political dominance: 'residence policy'; The people's home and social planning; Conclusions; Part IV: Toward a theoretically anchored sociology of housing; 9. Residence and social structure; Introduction; The salience of housing in social structure: the concept of embeddedness; Residence as a socio-spatial focus; Residence and the dynamics of social change; Toward a sociology of residence; Conclusions; 10. Conclusions; Notes; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Studies in housing have often concentrated on an abstract institutionalised approach isolated from the broader base of the social sciences. This book is the first to treat housing as a subject of social theory. It provides a critique of current research and theorises housing in relation to political science, social change and welfare developing a case study to illustrate these applications. By being sometimes controversial, this book will stimulate debate among housing theorists and sociologists alike. The Author is currently Senior Research fellow at the Swedish Institute for Building Res