Women and Housing An International Analysis [Paperback]

In the context of contemporary economic, political, social and cultural transformations, this book brings together contributions from developed and emerging societies in Europe, the USA and East Asia in order to highlight the nature, extent and impact of these changes on the housing opportunities of women.

The collection seeks to contribute to comparative housing debates by highlighting the gendered nature of housing processes, locating these processes within wider structured and institutionalized relations of power, and to show how these socially constructed relationships are culturally contingent, and manifest and transform over time and space.

The international contributors draw on a wide range of empirical evidence relating to labour market participation, wealth distribution, family formation and education to demonstrate the complexity and gendered nature of the interlocking arenas of production, reproduction and consumption and the implications for the housing opportunities of women in different social contexts. Worldwide examples are drawn from Australia, China, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Japan, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan and the USA.

1. Introduction: Gender and Housing in an International Context Chan Kam-Wah and Patricia Kennett2. Womens Housing Rights: What is the Matter with the International Norm? Ingrid Westendorp3. Women and Housing: The Australian Experience Selina Tually4. Women and Housing Affordability in the United States Elizabeth Mulroy5. Social Change and Housing Systems: The Case of Women in Spain Montserrat Pareja-Eastaway and Teresa Sanchez-Martinez 6. Womens Housing in SwedenIngrid Sahlin7.Women, Housing and Citizenship in Great Britain Patricia Kennett8. Moving Beyond the Standard Family Model: The Emerging Housing Situation of Women in Japan Richard Ronald And Mieko Hinokidani 9. Neol“*