Overview
- Presents unique research on the housing situation of South and Eastern European countries
- Focuses on Central and Eastern European countries, thus filling the gap in existing comparative research on housing regimes in Europe
- Critically engages with statistical data and complementary qualitative field research
- Offers detailed case studies to deepen understanding of the statistics presented
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This book presents an overview of private rented housing in selected new EU member states and other transition countries – a topic scarcely researched to date, as it is largely part of the informal economy, and consequently often invisible to official statistics. Part I presents the private rented sector in Western and Northern European countries, the history of private renting under socialism in Central and Eastern Europe, and thematic issues such as restitution and marginalized groups depending on privately rented housing. Part II provides a series of country case studies from the Central and East European region. Part III concludes with chapters on the possibility of utilizing the private rental sector in affordable housing provision through good practices in both old and new EU member states, and sets out to further the housing policy debate on European housing regimes. This unique edited collection will be of great value to scholars of and practitioners involved in housing policyand economics, urban development, international relations, politics, economics and sociology.
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Private Renting in Transition Countries: Historical Perspectives and Structural Changes
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Country Case Studies: History, Current Status, and Future Prospects
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Conclusion: Private Renting—A Viable Alternative?
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
József Hegedüs holds a PhD in Sociology and an MA in Economics. He is founding member and managing director of Metropolitan Research Institute, Hungary and he is co-editor of four comparative volumes on housing policy issues – emerging new housing systems, housing privatization, social housing, and housing finance – in post-socialist countries.
Martin Lux holds PhD degrees in sociology and economy and is head of the Department of Socio-Economics of Housing at Institute of Sociology, Czech Academy of Sciences. His efforts have been supported by the Czech Science Foundation, Erhard Busek Price and others. He is editor-in-chief of Critical Housing Analysis.
Vera Horváth has been working at Metropolitan Research Institute since 2012, and is currently pursuing doctoral studies in sociology. She published papers on housing policy and rental housing in Europe.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Private Rental Housing in Transition Countries
Book Subtitle: An Alternative to Owner Occupation?
Editors: József Hegedüs, Martin Lux, Vera Horváth
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-50710-5
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-50709-9Published: 25 September 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-70110-0Published: 06 November 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-50710-5Published: 12 September 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 418
Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations, 13 illustrations in colour
Topics: Human Geography, Political Economy/Economic Systems, European Union Politics, Social Policy