{"product_id":"critical-realism-and-housing-research","title":"Critical Realism and Housing Research","description":"\u003cp\u003eSince the nineteenth century various housing solutions have evolved, such as sprawling Australian home ownership and compact Dutch social rental housing. This phenomenon cannot be adequately explained with simple descriptions of key events, politics and housing outcomes. \u003cem\u003eCritical Realism and Housing Studies \u003c\/em\u003epushes debate forward, arguing that a new ontological perspective is required to address fundamental issues in housing and comparative research. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is clearly organized into three parts which:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eevaluate ontological and methodological alternatives for comparative housing research\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eprovide two historical case studies inspired by critical realist ontology\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecompare the causal tendencies that explain diverging housing pathways in Australia and the Netherlands.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eLawson proposes that we turn to critical realism for the solution. From this perspective the causal tendencies of complex, open and structured housing phenomena are highlighted. With this insight we are able to extract the key social arrangements which promote different housing solutions from the historical case studies. Social arrangements which are found to influence alternative pathways in housing history concern the property rights, circuit of savings and investment, as well as labour and welfare relations. As they develop differently over time and space they affect where, when and how housing solutions develop. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54978911600984,"sku":"9780415405492","price":198.4,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780415405492_e5907afe-cb70-4f8f-bc8d-94b73678951f.jpg?v=1769861719","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/critical-realism-and-housing-research","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}