Author: J. A. A. Sillince
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134976615
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 507
Book Description
Housing has enjoyed a high place on the agendas of most socialist countries. However this place has not been undisputed and this book examines the internal and external forces which have influenced housing under central planning.
Housing Policies in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union
Author: J. A. A. Sillince
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134976615
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 507
Book Description
Housing has enjoyed a high place on the agendas of most socialist countries. However this place has not been undisputed and this book examines the internal and external forces which have influenced housing under central planning.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134976615
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 507
Book Description
Housing has enjoyed a high place on the agendas of most socialist countries. However this place has not been undisputed and this book examines the internal and external forces which have influenced housing under central planning.
The Reform of Housing in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union
Author: Jozsef Hegedus
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134911440
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
First published in 1992. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134911440
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
First published in 1992. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Housing Policy in Europe
Author: Paul Balchin
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1134780338
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
Geographical coverage: North, South and Central Europe covered
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1134780338
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
Geographical coverage: North, South and Central Europe covered
Housing Policy Reforms in Post-Socialist Europe
Author: Sasha Tsenkova
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3790821152
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
The book explores both theoretically and empirically the impacts of housing reforms on housing provision in the context of the transition from a centrally-planned to a market-based economy. Fifteen years after the overthrow of state socialism housing policy has lost its privileged status of a political priority as most politically emb- ded systems had favoured market-based solutions to housing problems. This dep- ture from state controlled housing policies with the aim of providing a dwelling for every family is significant, particularly in some post-socialist countries where no new housing policy has emerged. The transition process, embedded in the paradigm shift from central planning to markets, has triggered off turbulence and adjustments with tangible outcomes in post-socialist housing systems. What has changed and what new housing systems have emerged during this dramatic ‘transition to markets and democracy’? Are these systems more efficient and equitable? These questions are the main focus of the book with an emphasis on diversity and change in housing reforms. The book supports the hypothesis that notions of convergence are not really appropriate to the conceptualisation of post-socialist housing systems. It argues that different housing policy choices are going to map out increasingly divergent s- nario for future development.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3790821152
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
The book explores both theoretically and empirically the impacts of housing reforms on housing provision in the context of the transition from a centrally-planned to a market-based economy. Fifteen years after the overthrow of state socialism housing policy has lost its privileged status of a political priority as most politically emb- ded systems had favoured market-based solutions to housing problems. This dep- ture from state controlled housing policies with the aim of providing a dwelling for every family is significant, particularly in some post-socialist countries where no new housing policy has emerged. The transition process, embedded in the paradigm shift from central planning to markets, has triggered off turbulence and adjustments with tangible outcomes in post-socialist housing systems. What has changed and what new housing systems have emerged during this dramatic ‘transition to markets and democracy’? Are these systems more efficient and equitable? These questions are the main focus of the book with an emphasis on diversity and change in housing reforms. The book supports the hypothesis that notions of convergence are not really appropriate to the conceptualisation of post-socialist housing systems. It argues that different housing policy choices are going to map out increasingly divergent s- nario for future development.
Handbook of Regional and Urban Economics
Author: Peter Nijkamp
Publisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 9780444821386
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 804
Book Description
Fifteen essays in this handbook are divided into four parts. Part I surveys basic spatial and spatially related research; Part II surveys literature on specific urban markets; Part III is devoted to studies of urban development and problems in developing countries.; Part IV contains papers on specific urban problems and sectors.
Publisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 9780444821386
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 804
Book Description
Fifteen essays in this handbook are divided into four parts. Part I surveys basic spatial and spatially related research; Part II surveys literature on specific urban markets; Part III is devoted to studies of urban development and problems in developing countries.; Part IV contains papers on specific urban problems and sectors.
The East European Economy in Context
Author: David Turnock
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134884273
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
Since 1989 the former communist countries of Eastern Europe have witnessed a profound and dramatic upheaval. The economic coherence of this region, formerly maintained through the adoption of the Soviet system of government, has fractured. In The East European Economy in Context: Communism and Transition, David Turnock examines the transition from communist to free-market economies, both within and between the states of Eastern Europe. As well as containing an informative survey of the impact of communism, The East European Economy in Context provides * Political profiles of individual countries * A clear study of the contrasts between northern and balkan groups * Summaries of regional variations in the transition process * An exploration of the new state structures and resources * Discussion of political stability, inter-ethnic tensions and progress in economic change
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134884273
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
Since 1989 the former communist countries of Eastern Europe have witnessed a profound and dramatic upheaval. The economic coherence of this region, formerly maintained through the adoption of the Soviet system of government, has fractured. In The East European Economy in Context: Communism and Transition, David Turnock examines the transition from communist to free-market economies, both within and between the states of Eastern Europe. As well as containing an informative survey of the impact of communism, The East European Economy in Context provides * Political profiles of individual countries * A clear study of the contrasts between northern and balkan groups * Summaries of regional variations in the transition process * An exploration of the new state structures and resources * Discussion of political stability, inter-ethnic tensions and progress in economic change
The Space of Boredom
Author: Bruce O'Neill
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 0822373270
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
In The Space of Boredom Bruce O'Neill explores how people cast aside by globalism deal with an intractable symptom of downward mobility: an unshakeable and immense boredom. Focusing on Bucharest, Romania, where the 2008 financial crisis compounded the failures of the postsocialist state to deliver on the promises of liberalism, O'Neill shows how the city's homeless are unable to fully participate in a society that is increasingly organized around practices of consumption. Without a job to work, a home to make, or money to spend, the homeless—who include pensioners abandoned by their families and the state—struggle daily with the slow deterioration of their lives. O'Neill moves between homeless shelters and squatter camps, black labor markets and transit stations, detailing the lives of men and women who manage boredom by seeking stimulation, from conversation and coffee to sex in public restrooms or going to the mall or IKEA. Showing how boredom correlates with the downward mobility of Bucharest's homeless, O'Neill theorizes boredom as an enduring affect of globalization in order to provide a foundation from which to rethink the politics of alienation and displacement.
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 0822373270
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
In The Space of Boredom Bruce O'Neill explores how people cast aside by globalism deal with an intractable symptom of downward mobility: an unshakeable and immense boredom. Focusing on Bucharest, Romania, where the 2008 financial crisis compounded the failures of the postsocialist state to deliver on the promises of liberalism, O'Neill shows how the city's homeless are unable to fully participate in a society that is increasingly organized around practices of consumption. Without a job to work, a home to make, or money to spend, the homeless—who include pensioners abandoned by their families and the state—struggle daily with the slow deterioration of their lives. O'Neill moves between homeless shelters and squatter camps, black labor markets and transit stations, detailing the lives of men and women who manage boredom by seeking stimulation, from conversation and coffee to sex in public restrooms or going to the mall or IKEA. Showing how boredom correlates with the downward mobility of Bucharest's homeless, O'Neill theorizes boredom as an enduring affect of globalization in order to provide a foundation from which to rethink the politics of alienation and displacement.
Housing Policy Matters
Author: Shlomo Angel
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0195137159
Category : Housing policy
Languages : en
Pages : 435
Book Description
This book is an extended essay on the myriad relationships between housing policy and housing market performance. The main thesis is that significant differences in important housing outcomes are attributable, at least in part, to differences in the housing policy regimes of cities and countries.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0195137159
Category : Housing policy
Languages : en
Pages : 435
Book Description
This book is an extended essay on the myriad relationships between housing policy and housing market performance. The main thesis is that significant differences in important housing outcomes are attributable, at least in part, to differences in the housing policy regimes of cities and countries.
The American Bibliography of Slavic and East European Studies
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Asia, Central
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
Provides information on East-Central Europe and the former Soviet Union.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Asia, Central
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
Provides information on East-Central Europe and the former Soviet Union.
The re-emergence of co-housing in Europe
Author: Lidewij Tummers
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317335392
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Across Europe, the number of co-housing initiatives is growing, and they are increasingly receiving attention from administrators and professionals who hold high expectations for urban liveability. Is co-housing a marginal idealist phenomenon, or the urban middle class’ answer to the current housing crisis? And has the development of theoretical insight and research kept up with the actual expansion of co-housing as a practice? These questions were raised during the first European conference on co-housing research, which took place in Tours, France, in March 2012. Both the conference and this book aim to move beyond case-studies, and to look more particularly at the implications and wider perspective of the current co-housing trend. Using the specific vocabulary of different disciplines and geographic regions, the contributions to this book analyse the underlying thinking behind, and the expectations projected on, diverse models of collaborative housing. The authors are aware of the qualities of contemporary co-housing, but they go beyond advocacy to investigate the conditions under which co-housing can be successful as a strategy for housing provision; can offer solutions for sustainable urban development; or indeed can contribute to involuntary or intentional gentrification. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Urban Research and Practice.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317335392
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Across Europe, the number of co-housing initiatives is growing, and they are increasingly receiving attention from administrators and professionals who hold high expectations for urban liveability. Is co-housing a marginal idealist phenomenon, or the urban middle class’ answer to the current housing crisis? And has the development of theoretical insight and research kept up with the actual expansion of co-housing as a practice? These questions were raised during the first European conference on co-housing research, which took place in Tours, France, in March 2012. Both the conference and this book aim to move beyond case-studies, and to look more particularly at the implications and wider perspective of the current co-housing trend. Using the specific vocabulary of different disciplines and geographic regions, the contributions to this book analyse the underlying thinking behind, and the expectations projected on, diverse models of collaborative housing. The authors are aware of the qualities of contemporary co-housing, but they go beyond advocacy to investigate the conditions under which co-housing can be successful as a strategy for housing provision; can offer solutions for sustainable urban development; or indeed can contribute to involuntary or intentional gentrification. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Urban Research and Practice.