Housing, Welfare and the State in Europe

A Comparative Analysis of Britain, France and Germany

马克Kleinman政策研究所, King's College London, UK

Housing, Welfare and the State in Europe identifies a divergence in housing policy between, on the one hand, the majority of relatively affluent households and, on the other, an impoverished minority. The legal, financial and economic concerns of the well-housed, owner-occupier majority have preoccupied public policy across Europe, with the impoverished minority often badly housed or homeless. In Britain this has been particularly evident with elections won and lost on the level of the mortgage rate rather than the level of housing output, and still less on the level of homelessness.

‘Housing, Welfare and the State in Europe not only provides an insightful perspective on recent trends in housing policy, but is essential reading for anyone concerned with wider debates on convergence or social polarization.’
– J. Barlow, Regional Studies

‘This is an excellent book which will be well received and contribute to both teaching and research.’
– Michael Harloe, University of Essex, UK

‘. . . this is a very good book, well-written and of a highly readable length. Kleinman has combined an accessible and stimulating discussion of important theoretical debates with well presented factual accounts of housing in the three countries.’
Peter Malpass, ROOF