This book offers a fresh new approach to the study of housing. Most
current approaches tend to ignore or downplay the perceptions and
attitudes of individuals in the production and consumption of
housing. This book explores the meaning that housing has for
individuals and households by examining 'housing pathways'.
Although drawing on British experiences, the methodology and
theoretical framework used are applicable to the study of housing
in any national context. experience and the housing routes that
they take over time. The book argues that housing has increasingly
become a means to an end rather than an end in itself. The end is
personal fulfilment and the main task of housing research is to
elucidate the links. In this pursuit, the concepts of identity and
lifestyle are key. and links this to changing discourses of the
family; explores the important interconnections between housing and
employment; considers the relationship between people and the
physical aspects of a house and its location; looks at housing in
terms of lifestyle choice from youth to old age; discusses the
implications of the pathways approach for housing policy and future
research in the field. housing and particularly to those wishing to
engage with the new research agenda set out here.
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