Housing: Who Decides?

1. Front Matter

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2. Housing: Who Decides?

   • Peter King, Michael Oxley

   Pages 1-8

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3. Individuals and Competence

   • Peter King

   Pages 9-69

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4. Governments and Social Welfare

   • Michael Oxley

   Pages 70-124

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5. Limiting the Role of Government

   • Peter King

   Pages 125-148

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6. Emphasising the Need for Policies

   • Michael Oxley

   Pages 149-170

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7. Conclusions

   • Peter King, Michael Oxley

   Pages 171-179

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8. Back Matter

   Pages 180-193

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Housing: Who Decides ? consists of a debate between a political theorist and an economist on decision-making in housing. Each author develops a normative argument linking theoretical and policy analyses to establish the abilities of the state and individuals to determine housing outcomes.

• decision-making
• government
• state

• Centre for Comparative Housing Research, De Montfort University, Leicester, England

  Peter King

• Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, England

  Michael Oxley

PETER KING is Senior Lecturer in Housing Studies at the Centre for Comparative Housing Research at De Montfort University, Leicester. He is the author of Housing, Individuals and the State: The Morality of Government Intervention and The Limits of Housing Policy: A Philosophical Investigation.

MICHAEL OXLEY is Professor of Housing at The Nottingham Trent University.

Policies and ethics