 | Hovels to High Rise: State Housing in Europe Since 1850 Subjects: Built Environment; Geography; Social Sciences; Urban Studies; Human Geography; Urban Policy; Cities & Infrastructure; Planning; Sociology & Social Policy; Housing and Communities; Social Geography; Social Policy; Originally published in 1993, this book traces how governments in France, Germany, Britain, Denmark and Ireland became involved in replacing industrial revolution urban slums with mass high-rise, high-density concrete estates. As the book considers each country's housing history and traditions, and analyses the contrasting structures and systems, it finds convergence of problems in the growing tensions of their most disadvantaged communities. The book underlines the continuing drift towards deeper polarization, an issue which has become ever more important in the multi-lingual, ethnically diverse urban societies of the 21st Century. The book's detailed coverage of the historical, political and social changes relating to housing within the various countries make it an important text for students and practitioners concerned with housing, urban affairs, social policy and administration. Anne Power is Emeritus Professor of Social Policy at the London School of Economics. |
