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1. Cohesion and Community in Contemporary Hong Kong

   By Ray Forrest, Adrienne La Grange, Ngai Ming Yip

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Asia Series

   This is an impressive account of Hong Kong's contemporary social and spatial structure, exploring issues of community, neighbourhood and social division. Hong Kong’s policy and political history, its essentially mono-cultural environment and its unique topography and built form have produced...

   To Be Published December 29th 2012 by Routledge
2. Housing Young People

   Edited by Ray Forrest, Ngai Ming Yip

   Series: Housing and Society Series

   Younger generations across a wide range of societies face increasing difficulties in gaining access to housing. Housing occupies a pivotal position in the transition from parental dependence to adult independence. Delayed independence has significant implications for marriage and family formation,...

   To Be Published October 3rd 2012 by Routledge
3. Selling the Welfare State (Routledge Revivals)

   The Privatisation of Public Housing

   By Ray Forrest, Alan Murie

   Originally published in 1988, this book offers the first comprehensive and critical analysis of the privatisation of public housing in Britain. It outlines the historical background to the growth of public housing and the developing political debatea surrounding its disposal. The main emphasis...

   Published November 28th 2011 by Routledge
4. Changing Governance and Public Policy in East Asia

   Edited by Ka Ho Mok, Ray Forrest

   Series: Comparative Development and Policy in Asia

   The search for good governance has become an increasingly important element of public policy and public management and is high on the political agenda of East Asian countries. The need for robust governance structures and institutions was brought into sharp focus by the Asian Financial Crisis which...

   Published May 16th 2011 by Routledge
5. Housing and Social Change

   East-West Perspectives

   Edited by Ray Forrest, James Lee

   Series: Housing and Society Series

   This wide-ranging exploration of the key contemporary relationships between social change and housing is both policy-oriented and theoretical, drawing on a group of internationally-respected academics. It is also multidisciplinary, incorporating sociology, economics, social policy and human...

   Published August 27th 2003 by Routledge