No place called home: The causes and social consequences of the UK housing 'bubble'

British Journal of Sociology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 231-255

  Bone, John ^a   O'Reilly, Karen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Broken society; Buy to let; Credit crunch; Housing bubble; Marketization; Social justice; Well being

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMICS; FAMILY; HOUSING; HUMAN; POLICY; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL PROBLEM; UNITED KINGDOM;

FAMILY; GREAT BRITAIN; HOUSING; HUMANS; INFLATION, ECONOMIC; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL PLANNING; SOCIAL PROBLEMS;

EID: 77954146860     PISSN: 00071315     EISSN: 14684446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-4446.2010.01311.x     Document Type: Article

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