Yiqian Wang got her doctorate degree from the School for Business and Society, University of York, UK. Now she is an early-career scholar based at Nanjing Agricultural University, China, with research interests centering on social housing, housing financialisation, welfare, and urban studies.

• Introduction. Part I: Social Housing in a Global Context. 2. The Role of Social Housing. 3. Social Housing in the UK. 4. Social Housing in China. Part II: Comparative Housing Theory. 5. Convergence School. 6. Divergence School. 7. New Convergence School. 8. Conceptualising Social Housing Privatisation. 9. Social Housing Privatisation in Greater Manchester and Hangzhou. 10. A Comparative Discussion. Part III: Revisiting Social Housing. 11. Social Housing, Neoliberalism, Globalisation, and Entrepreneurism. 12. Final Word.

‘I’ve known this work for a long time, and it’s impressive how clearly it brings the UK and China together to rethink social housing privatisation, blending sharp theory with grounded evidence and real policy insight.’Haitao Du, School of Geography, South China Normal University, China‘This is an important contribution to discussion of the role of the market in social housing provision, both now and in the future. Examining this through the lens of comparative analysis of convergent trends in China and the UK makes for an interesting and thoughtful perspective ‘Steve Moseley, Executive Director Governance & Transformation, L&Q, UK