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Housing, Inequality and Sociology: A Comment on Pragmatic Socioeconomics [PDF]
In this brief article, we reflect on the contribution of Martin Lux and Petr Sunega to the role of sociology in the domain of housing economics. Applauding the attempt at injecting a more sociologically informed housing economics, we draw attention to the continuous need to guard against over-abstraction and to ensure that housing’s role as a major ...
Rowland Atkinson, Keith Jacobs
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Sociology, Housing, and Gender
The sociology of housing has clear implications for and overlaps with sociological studies of inequality. However, gender is still overlooked and undertheorized in housing research. Drawing on gender scholars, we caution against the tendency to treat gender as a synonym for women, as a variable that compares outcomes to those of men, and/or as ...
Robin Bartram, Japonica Brown-Saracino
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The politics of gating (A response to Private Security and Public Space by Manzi and Smith-Bowers)
Gated residential developments, neighbourhoods to which public access is restricted, continue to generate academic, policymaker and public curiosity. Why do people want to live in these places and should public interventions be directed towards either ...
Rowland Atkinson
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The problem of youth leisure is a frequent object of study in modern sociology. However, Russian scientists are increasingly paying attention to club culture and various youth subcultures, often overlooking the social phenomenon of house parties.
Denis B. Litvintsev
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A case based study of design strategies to explore the notion of age-friendly co-housing community [PDF]
Globally, the proportion of the older people population is growing and this will continue to rise. 1 out of every 4 people in cities will be an older person by 2050[1] (World Health Organization, 2007).
Ye Jingyi, Wu Zhengwang
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This book by Lucy Series, largely based on the ideas of E. Goffmann’s total institutions and M. Foucault’s disciplinary mechanisms, is devoted to the problem of the elderly and people with disabilities in need of social care being deprived of freedom in ...
Denis B. Litvintsev
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The Sociology of Housing Market Intermediaries Assistant Professor of Sociology
The housing market is replete with intermediaries—individuals whose work constructs, maintains, or expands a market. A sociology of housing requires analytic attention to these myriad housing market intermediaries since they affect whether and under what conditions individuals and households can access and maintain access to housing as well as help ...
Elizabeth Korver-Glenn +2 more
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Social mix policies aim to integrate residents living in diverse forms of housing. While numerous studies have showcased the limitations of social mix in achieving this objective, explanations for this tendency remain incomplete.
Timothy Wykes
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Despite the potential of Pierre Bourdieu’s sociology to advance debates of urban studies, this potential is so far used only superficially. In this article I take arguments from the debate on gentrification as an example to show how Bourdieu’s sociology ...
Tadas Šarūnas
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Patriarchal logics and gender inequalities through the financialization of housing
This study aims to examine the current knowledge about the relationships between financialization, housing issues, patriarchal logic, and gender inequalities to identify gaps in knowledge, which, in turn, can be considered as topics of scientific ...
Martín-Gago Paula, Vives-Miró Sònia
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