The Politics of Housing Booms and Busts (International Political Economy)

The Politics of Housing Booms and Busts (International Political Economy)

H. Schwartz (Editor), Leonard Seabrooke
$126.49
Publication Date: June 25th, 2009
Publisher:
Palgrave MacMillan
ISBN:
9780230230811
Pages:
252
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Description

This book demonstrates how housing systems are built from political struggles over the distribution of welfare and wealth. The contributors analyze varieties of residential capitalism through a range of international case studies, as well as investigating the links between housing finance and the current international financial crisis.

About the Author

HERMAN SCHWARTZ is Professor of Politics at the University of Virginia, USA. A prolific author, his most recent book is Subprime Nation: American Power, Global Capital and the Housing Bubble. His other publications include Dominions of Debt and States versus Markets. LEONARD SEABROOKE is Professor in International Political Economy in the Department of Politics and International Studies, and Director of the Centre for the Study of Globalization and Regionalization, at the University of Warwick, UK. His book publications include The Social Sources of Financial Power, US Power in International Finance, Global Standards of Market Civilization (with Brett Bowden) and Everyday Politics of the World Economy (with John M. Hobson).

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