Home ownership, ideology and diversity: Re-evaluating concepts of housing ideology in the case of Japan

Housing, Theory and Society

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 49-64

  Ronald, Richard ^a,b  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hegemony; Home ownership; Housing culture; Ideology; Japan

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; HOMEOWNERSHIP; HOUSING MARKET; IDEOLOGY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 3242719743     PISSN: 14036096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14036090410033295     Document Type: Article

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