House, Home and Society

Rowland Atkinson is Research Chair in Inclusive Societies at the University of Sheffield UK. He was formerly director of the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (University of Tasmania and Flinders University). Keith Jacobs is Professor of Sociology at the University of Tasmania, Australia. Keith has an extensive track record in housing policy research, with over 60 journal articles, and is the author of The Dynamics of Local Housing Policy and Social Constructionism in Housing Research (edited with Jim Kemeny and Tony Manzi).

• 1. House, Home and Society2. Theoretical Perspectives on Housing3. The Meaning of Home4. The Household, Gender, and Sexuality5. The Loss of Home6. Domestic Criminology: Crime, Harm and Victimisation in the Home7. Home Economics8. Housing, State and Market9. Housing, Class and Spatial Divisions10. Space, Place and Design11. The Home in a Global Context12. Conclusion: Houses, Homes and Societies.

The authors succeed in giving a broad overview of topics worthwhile exploring (further) for those engaged in the field of housing. As it touches upon so many matters and introduces a variety of theoretical perspectives, the book is a goldmine when looking for references and must-reads for students and (starting) housing scholars.