Housing policy as a lever for change? the politics of welfare, assets and tenure

Housing Studies

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 735-753

  van Gent, Wouter P C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Asset based welfare state; Comparative housing; Homeownership; Housing policy; Spain; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

CAPITALISM; HOMEOWNERSHIP; HOUSING MARKET; HOUSING POLICY; SOCIAL CHANGE; STATE ROLE; TENURE SYSTEM; WELFARE ECONOMICS; WELFARE PROVISION; WELFARE REFORM;

NETHERLANDS; SPAIN; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 77954984415     PISSN: 02673037     EISSN: 14661810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02673037.2010.483588     Document Type: Article

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