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Comparative Housing Policy

Government and Housing in Advanced Industrialized Countries
By:John Doling
Publisher:Bloomsbury UK
Print ISBN:9780333662526
eText ISBN:9781349258789
Edition:1
Copyright:1997
Format:Page Fidelity

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This text introduces the reader to the comparative study of housing policy. It looks first at the benefits, limitations and difficulties of the comparative method, as well as the reasons behind governmental involvement in housing and particular policy choices. It then identifies and discusses key themes of value to the analysis of a range of countries in the advanced capitalist world, offering an understanding of national differences and similarities and drawing on examples from, for instance, Europe, the USA, Australia and Japan.