Housing and social transition in Japan /

Housing and social transition in Japan / edited by Yosuke Hirayama and Richard Ronald. - 1 online resource (xi, 216 pages) - Housing and society series . - Housing and society series. .

1. Introduction : does the housing system matter? / Yosuke Hirayama and Richard Ronald -- 2. Reshaping the housing system : home ownership as a catalyst for social transformation / Yosuke Hirayama -- 3. Transformations in housing construction and finance / Eiji Oizumi -- 4. Welfare regime theories and the Japanese housing system / Iwao Sato -- 5. Turning stock into cash flow : strategies using housing assets in an ageing society / Misa Izuhara -- 6. Housing, family and gender / Mieko Hinokidani -- 7. Social exclusion and homelessness / Masami Iwata -- 8. The Japanese home in transition : housing, consumption and modernisation / Richard Ronald -- 9. Situating the Japanese housing system / Richard Ronald and Yosuke Hirayama.

9780203967423 9781134176250 9781134176298 9781134176304

10.4324/9780203967423 doi


Housing--Japan.
Housing policy--Japan.

HD7367.A3 / H68 2007

333.3380952 / H842