Women and Housing: An International Analysis (Housing and Society Series)

By: Patricia Kennett

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Synopsis: In the context of contemporary economic, political, social and cultural transformations, this book brings together contributions from developed and emerging societies in Europe, the USA and East Asia in order to highlight the nature, extent and impact of these changes on the housing opportunities of women. The collection seeks to contribute to comparative housing debates by highlighting the gendered nature of housing processes, locating these processes within wider structured and institutionalized relations of power, and to show how these socially constructed relationships are culturally contingent, and manifest and transform over time and space. The international contributors draw on a wide range of empirical evidence relating to labour market participation, wealth distribution, family formation and education to demonstrate the complexity and gendered nature of the interlocking arenas of production, reproduction and consumption and the implications for the housing opportunities of women in different social contexts. Worldwide examples are drawn from Australia, China, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Japan, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan and the USA.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9781136739620
Related ISBNs:: 9780203818930, 9780415548953, 9780415548977, 9780415548953, 9780415548977
Publisher:: Taylor and Francis
Date of Addition:: 03/09/20
Copyrighted By:: selection and editorial material, Patricia Kennett and Chan Kam Wah
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Home and Garden, Social Studies
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Patricia Kennett
Edited by:: Kam Wah Chan