Housing and social transition in Japan
By: edited by Yosuke Hirayama and Richard Ronald.
Contributors: Ronald, Richard.; Hirayama, Yōsuke
Series: Housing and society series
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Abingdon [UK]; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 216
Subjects: Housing policy -- Japan; Housing -- Japan
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : does the housing system matter? / Yosuke Hirayama and Richard Ronald; title: Reshaping the housing system : home ownership as a catalyst for social transformation / Yosuke Hirayama; title: Transformations in housing construction and finance / Eiji Oizumi; title: Welfare regime theories and the Japanese housing system / Iwao Sato; title: Turning stock into cash flow : strategies using housing assets in an ageing society / Misa Izuhara; title: Housing, family and gender / Mieko Hinokidani; title: Social exclusion and homelessness / Masami Iwata; title: The Japanese home in transition : housing, consumption and modernisation / Richard Ronald; title: Situating the Japanese housing system / Richard Ronald and Yosuke Hirayama.