{"product_id":"building-communities-routledge-revivals-hardback","title":"Building Communities (Routledge Revivals) - Hardback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBuilding Communities: The Co-Operative Way\u003c\/em\u003e, first published in 1988, sets the flourishing of housing co-operatives throughout the 1980s in a theoretical and historical framework that suggests that tenant control is the best way out of the still-problematic issue of housing policy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBefore the First World War, co-operative housing was poised to become a potent force in government policy, but instead municipal housing rose to prominence. However, alongside a growing crisis of confidence in state housing and a continued decline in the private rented sector, a new political consensus has emerged that has placed co-ops firmly at the top of the agenda. Setting out the argument for collective dweller-control of housing, Birchall demonstrates that the arguments for co-operatives are strong, based on a broad spectrum of political thought. He charts the early and recent history of co-operative housing, and shows how they provide a flexible and stable means of meeting housing needs.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45548758171886,"sku":"9781138016620","price":244.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/9612\/7726\/files\/9781138016620_f7638d85-f07c-48fa-aa45-4fe60739cba2.jpg?v=1720267946","url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/building-communities-routledge-revivals-hardback","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}