Home ownership beyond asset and security : perceptions of housing related security and insecurity in eight European countries / Marja Elsinga [and others], eds
Introduction / Pascal de Decker & Nóra Teller -- Methodology : a balance between contextual specificity and universal comparability / Janneke Toussaint [and others] -- Belgium : between confidence and prudence / Pascal de Decker -- Finland : trust, risk-taking and scepticism / Hannua Ruonavaara & Päivi Naumanen -- Germany : home ownership, a Janus-faced advantage in time of welfare restructuring / Gudrun Tegeder & Ilse Helbrecht -- Hungary : escape into home ownership / Jószef Hegedüs & Nóra Teller -- The Netherlands : positive prospects and equity galore / Janneke Toussaint & Marja Elsinga -- Portugal : the sense of home / Pedro Perista & Isabel Baptista -- Sweden : to own or to rent / Eva Andersson -- United Kingdom : Safe as houses? / Deborah Quilgars & Anwen Jones -- Home ownership and income insecurity : a comparison of household interview studies in eight European countries / Janneke Toussaint & Marja Elsinga -- Reflections on asset-based welfare and future research / Marja Elsinga, Janneke Toussaint & John Doling
Summary
Offers information by linking developments on home ownership with developments in the financial and labor markets in the context of globalization. This book is the conclusion of a body of research that started with a workshop held at the University of York in October 2000, and which resulted in the book "Globalisation and Home Ownership."
