1st Edition

Housing and Labour Markets Building the Connections

Edited By John Allen, Chris Hamnett Copyright 1991
302 Pages
by Routledge

302 Pages
by Routledge

302 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1991. The connection between housing and work is one of the most discussed yet least understood aspects of modern society. Housing and Labour Markets explores the different ways in which housing and labour are linked and examines their central significance in many of the key changes in society today. It provides a wide-ranging analysis of the relationships between housing and... Read more

List of Contributors;  List of Figures;  List of Tables;  Part One: Building the Connections;  Introduction John Allen and Chris Hamnett;  1. Housing Markets, Labour Markets and Discontinuity Theory Bill RandolphPart Two: Understanding the Connections;  Introduction;  2. Housing Markets, Labour Markets and Housing Histories Ray Forrest and Alan Murie  3. Labour Migration and Housing in the UK: An Overview John Salt  4. Housing Markets and Labour Markets in the Quartered City Peter Marcuse  5. The Restructuring of Work and Home: Productive and Reproductive Relations Sophie WatsonPart Three: Mapping the Connections;  Introduction;  6. House Price Inflation and Local Labour Market Influences in Britain Mike Coombes. Tony Champion and Moira Monro  7. Labour Markets, Housing Markets and Social Restructuring Global City: The Case of London Chris Hamnett  8. Producing a Divided Society Ray Hudson  9. Housing the Workers in Mrs Thatcher’s High-Tech Utopia James Barlow and Mike Savage  10. Replacing a Surplus Population: The Policies of the London Docklands Development Corporation Mark Goodwin;  Index

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John Allen, Chris Hamnett