Privatization, commodification and transformation in Japanese housing: Ephemeral house – eternal home

International Journal of Consumer Studies

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 558-565

  Ronald, Richard ^a,b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bounded space; Commodification; Home; Housing; Japan; Privatization

Indexed keywords

EID: 82955245033     PISSN: 14706423     EISSN: 14706431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1470-6431.2009.00803.x     Document Type: Article

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