Housing Policy and Economic Power: The Political Economy of Owner Occupation (UP)

Published in 2002, Housing Policy and Economic Power is a valuable contribution to the field of Human Geography. 1. Housing Problems And Owner Occupation -- 2. The Origins Of Mass Home Ownership -- 3. The Modern Speculative Housebuilding Industry -- 4. Building For The New Housing Market -- 5. Housing Development And Land Dealing -- 6. The Housing Production Process And The Crisis Of Production -- 7. Land-use Planning And Speculative Housebuilding -- 8. The Demise Of Planning Control -- 9. Owner Occupiers : A Social Category And Its Consequences -- 10. Building Societies And The Changing Mortgage Market -- 11. The Unstable Housing Market -- 12. The Political Economy Of Owner Occupation -- 13. Towards New Forms Of Housing Provision. Michael Ball. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. [408]-417. Michael Ball has contributed to Housing Policy and Economic Power: The Political Economy of Owner Occupation as an author. Michael Ball is a designer and craftsperson currently specializing in glasswork. His work has been published in several magazines and craft books. Working both on his own and in cooperation with other artists, he has developed work in various media, including rocaille beadwork, illustration, silversmithing and fabric painting Since 1945 state involvement in housing provision has been enormous.