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Chapter I: Introduction: approaches to housing and urban spatial Structure p.1, Paradigms and paradigm shifts p.3, Space and human geography, Aims and objectives p. 5, Part I : Perspectives on housing and residential structure: early formulations, criticisms and recent developments p.7, Chapter 2: The ecological tradition p. 9, The Chicago school 9, Extensions and modifications p.13, Conclusions p. 23, Chapter 3: Neo classical economic models p. 25, Neo classical economics: a general outline p. 25, The trade off model of residential location p. 27, The new urban economics p. 29, Conclusions p.32, Chapter 4: Behavioural perspectives and urban spatial interaction models p.33, The behavioural approach p.33, Social physics and spatial interaction models p.39, Chapter 5: Power, conflict and urban managerialism p.44, Criticisms p.44, Power, conflict and space p. 45, Urban managers and the housing market p.47, Part II: Institutional structures and constraints in housing markets p.56, Chapter 6: The role of agents in the private housing market p.57, The framework for private market decisions p.59, Production p. 6, Consumption p.71, Exchange p.85, Agents in the US housing market: comparisons with Britain p.89, Chapter 7: Public policy, Local government and urban housing markets p.99, A framework of analysis p.99, The national policy framework p.101, Local housing market conditions p.105, Policy outputs and their impacts p.106, Political processes and housing policy decisions p.125, Institutional structures and political processes cross national comparisons p.151, Part III : Marxist approaches to housing and residential structure p.158, Chapter 8: Marxist theory and Marxist method: an introduction p.159, The elements of classical Marxism p.159, Marx and Engels on housing p.166, Developing a Marxist approach to housing: some problems p.167, Chapter 9: Marxist approaches to housing: an overview p.170, Critiques of non-Marxist approaches to housing p.170, Basic questions and problem areas p.174, Chapter 10: Integrated theories of housing, urbanisation and capital accumulation: the work of Castells and Harvey p.181, Monopolville and The Urban Question : the work of Manuel Castells p.182, Finance capital and urban housing markets: the work of David Harvey p.192, Comment p.198, Chapter 11: Themes and controversies in Marxist approaches to housing p.199, Urban Rent theory and residential land markets p.199, Housing collective consumption and the reproduction of labour power p.230, The reproduction of social relations: tenure forms and residential differentiation p.208, Suburbanisation, under consumption and crises p.215, Housing policy and the role of the state p.222, Housing conflict p.229 |
