Neoliberal Housing Policy

An International Perspective

Keith Jacobs

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English

Routledge
14 May 2019

Cultural studies; Homelessness; Urban communities; Urban economics; Urban & municipal planning

Series: Explorations in Housing Studies

Neoliberal Housing Policy considers some of the most significant housing issues facing the West today, including the increasing commodification of housing; the political economy surrounding homeownership; the role of public housing; the problem of homelessness; the ways that housing accentuates social and economic inequality; and how suburban housing has transformed city life. The empirical focus of the book draws mainly from the US, UK and Australia, with examples to illustrate some of the most important features and trajectories of late capitalism, including the commodification of welfare provision and financialisation, while the examples from other nations serve to highlight the influence of housing policy on more regional- and place-specific processes.

The book shows that developments in housing provision are being shaped by global financial markets and the circuits of capital that transcend the borders of nation states. Whilst considerable differences within nation states exist, many government interventions to improve housing often fall short. Adopting a structuralist approach, the book provides a critical account of the way housing policy accentuates social and economic inequalities and identifies some of the significant convergences in policy across nations states, ultimately offering an explanation as to why so many ‘inequalities’ endure. It will be useful for anyone in professional housing management/social housing programmes as well as planning, sociology (social policy), human geography, urban studies and housing studies programmes.

By: Keith Jacobs
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 320g
ISBN: 9781138388468
ISBN 10: 1138388467
Series: Explorations in Housing Studies
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 14 May 2019
Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Primary , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: The enactment of housing policy: the example of the United States Chapter 3: A dream that turned into a nightmare? Homeownership policies and their implications Chapter 4: The demise of public housing? Chapter 5: Homelessness Chapter 6: Housing and the city Chapter 7: Waking up from the dream? The example of suburban development Chapter 8: Housing futures Chapter 9: Conclusion

Keith Jacobs is Professor of Sociology at the University of Tasmania, Australia. He has published widely on housing and urban policy issues and is the author of The Dynamics of Local Housing Policy (1999), Social Constructionism in Housing Research (2004) edited with Jim Kemeny and Tony Manzi, Experience and Representation: Contemporary Perspectives on Migration in Australia (2011), Between the Outback and the Sea: Cosmopolitanism and Anti Cosmopolitanism in Contemporary Australia (2011) edited with Jeff Malpas, and House Home and Society (2016) with Rowland Atkinson and Towards a Philosophy of the City: Interdisciplinary and Transcultural Perspectives (2019) edited with Jeff Malpas.

Reviews for Neoliberal Housing Policy: An International Perspective

In this essential book, Keith Jacobs offers a compelling global critique, based on evidence from several nations, of contemporary housing policies that fail to respond adequately to (and indeed exacerbate) the structural inequalities formed through international flows of capital. An urgent wake up call for housing policy, practice and scholars. -John Flint, Professor of Town and Regional Planning, University of Sheffield, UK