| Description |
1 online resource (335 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Housing and urban policy studies ; 32
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Housing and urban policy studies ; 32.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Introduction / Pascal de Decker & Nóra Teller -- Methodology : a balance between contextual specificity and universal comparability / Janneke Toussaint [and others] -- Belgium : between confidence and prudence / Pascal de Decker -- Finland : trust, risk-taking and scepticism / Hannua Ruonavaara & Päivi Naumanen -- Germany : home ownership, a Janus-faced advantage in time of welfare restructuring / Gudrun Tegeder & Ilse Helbrecht -- Hungary : escape into home ownership / Jószef Hegedüs & Nóra Teller -- The Netherlands : positive prospects and equity galore / Janneke Toussaint & Marja Elsinga -- Portugal : the sense of home / Pedro Perista & Isabel Baptista -- Sweden : to own or to rent / Eva Andersson -- United Kingdom : Safe as houses? / Deborah Quilgars & Anwen Jones -- Home ownership and income insecurity : a comparison of household interview studies in eight European countries / Janneke Toussaint & Marja Elsinga -- Reflections on asset-based welfare and future research / Marja Elsinga, Janneke Toussaint & John Doling. |
| Summary |
Offers information by linking developments on home ownership with developments in the financial and labor markets in the context of globalization. This book is the conclusion of a body of research that started with a workshop held at the University of York in October 2000, and which resulted in the book "Globalisation and Home Ownership." |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Home ownership -- Europe.
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Home ownership. |
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Europe. |
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Home ownership -- Europe -- Public opinion.
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Public opinion. |
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Housing -- Europe.
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Housing. |
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Public welfare -- Europe.
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Public welfare. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Elsinga, Marja.
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IOS Press.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Home ownership beyond asset and security. Amsterdam, the Netherlands : IOS Press, ©2007 9781586038304 1586038303 (DLC) 2008400394 (OCoLC)209760202 |
| ISBN |
9781607503064 |
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1607503069 |
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9781441616753 (electronic book) |
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1441616756 (electronic book) |
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