The people's home? : social rented housing in Europe & America /
Michael Harloe.
- Oxford, UK ; Cambridge, USA : Blackwell, 1995.
- 1 online resource (vii, 586 pages)
- Studies in urban and social change .
- Studies in urban and social change. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 551-578) and index.
THE PEOPLE'S HOME?: SOCIAL RENTED HOUSING IN EUROPE & AMERICA; Contents; Preface; Introduction: Social Housing and Welfare Capitalism; 1: Social Housing and the 'Social Question': Housing Reform Before 1914; 2: The Temporary Solution: Social Housing after the Great War; 3: Social Housing in the Depression; 4: The Golden Age: Social Housing in an Era of Reconstruction and Growth; 5: Residualism Revived: Social Housing in the Contemporary Era; 6: Social Housing and Theories of Social Policy; Bibliography; Index.
The People's Home is a magisterial examination of the development of social rented housing over the last hundred years in six advanced capitalist countries - Britain, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark and the USA.