Privatizing public housing in the welfare regime of a tiger economy: A case study of hong kong

Housing, Theory and Society

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 17-30

  Grange, Adrienne La ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Hong kong; Privatization; Public housing; Welfare regime

Indexed keywords

HOUSING POLICY; PRIVATIZATION; SOCIAL HOUSING;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 0032745679     PISSN: 14036096     EISSN: 16512278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14036099950150062     Document Type: Article

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