Hannu Ruonavaara
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 278681 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Hannu Ruonavaara |
| PRENOMES | Hannu |
| SOBRENOME | Ruonavaara |
| ASSINATURA | RUONAVAARA H |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Turku |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9942-6858 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 23 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 163 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 23 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1996 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 9 |
Thinking the Fault Lines of Housing Inequality
We know from international statistics and housing research that there is globally a crisis of affordable housing, leaving and driving people in homelessness or living in unaffordable and inadequate...
Preventing, curing, mitigating
An idea that refuses to die. Rise, fall and resurgence of “housing class
In 1967, John Rex and Robert Moore published an influential book on ethnic housing inequality in Birmingham, titled Race, Community and Conflict. The book presented a theory about classes formed in the housing market, inspired by a particular reading of Max Weber's ideas about class. The basic idea of the housing class is that people's relation to the means of housing is a class-forming factor that is not reducible to their relation to the means …
Neighbours around the world
Neighbours around the world: An international look at the people next door, edited by Lynda Cheshire." Journal of Urban Affairs, ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print), pp. 1–2
Awareness of segregation in a welfare state
Segregation is a relatively recent issue in larger Finnish cities. The existence of segregation contradicts the Nordic welfare model, and segregation has been raised to the national policy level in Finland to combat a slowly widening gap between social groups on a spatial level. Local municipalities are central actors in urban policies. Therefore, we look at segregation from a local policy perspective. Our results confirm that segregation has not…
Bridging Economics and Sociology in Housing Research
Moral regulation as status politics
Sociology of moral regulation has been interested in different kinds of morally charged social movements, such as the temperance movement, to investigate the social reasons why people take part in such movements. One answer is provided by Joseph Gusfield's classic analysis of the American temperance movement, The Symbolic Crusade, published in 1963. The status politics theory developed therein provides a potential explanation of participation in …
The Anatomy of Neighbour Relations
Relations between neighbours represent informal social relations that constitute a part of everyday life for virtually all individuals in contemporary urban societies. While aspects of neighbour relations have been studied in connection with research on local communities, gentrification, and neighbourhood effects, little research focusing specifically on interactions between neighbours has been conducted and theoretical reflection on the central …
Rent regulation in 21 st century Europe. Comparative perspectives
The general housing policy trend in Europe has been towards neoliberalization meaning less state involvement in housing market and less government support for housing production. However, private rental markets are still regulated in many European countries. Here, we classify 33 European countries based on rent regulation system and welfare state regime. There seems to be some but not too much correspondence between the welfare state regime and w…
Rethinking Jim Kemeny’s Theory of Housing Regimes
In this Focus article issue of Housing, Theory and Society, Mark Stephens presents acareful reconstruction of the late Jim Kemeny’s very influential theory of housing regimes together with an empir
Author’s Reply
Theory of Housing, From Housing, About Housing
Four positions concerning theorising housing-related phenomena are discussed. (1) Theory of housing (v1) : It is possible and desirable to construct a theory of housing to which all housing-related research topics can be related. (2) Theory about housing: It is not possible, nor desirable to try to construct a theory of housing; one should rather apply theoretical resources developed in established disciplines and research fields in theorising ho…
Comparative Process Tracing
This article introduces comparative process tracing (CPT) as a two-step methodological approach that combines theory, chronology, and comparison. For each studied case, the processes leading “from A to B” are reconstructed and analyzed in terms of ideal-type social mechanisms and then compared by making use of the identified mechanisms and ideal-type periodization. Central elements of CPT are path dependence, critical junctures and focal points, …
Why Not Cash Out Home Equity? Reflections on the Finnish Case
Recently, many governments have sought ways to secure the provision of an adequate level of income for their ageing populations. The notion that citizens themselves should provide a part of their future livelihood is gaining ground in European societies. One possibility is to apply the wealth that individuals have accumulated during their lives. An owner-occupied dwelling is the largest piece of wealth that ordinary households possess. It constit…
Deconstructing Explanation by Mechanism
Critical realism and analytic sociology support what can be called explanation by mechanism (EbM). EbM consists of three distinct theses. The elaboration thesis says that mere observation of interdependencies cannot be considered a full explanation because it does not give a description of how the proposed causal connection comes about. The mechanism thesis claims that elaboration must contain an account of the generative/causal mechanism at work…
Introduction to the Special Issue
The concept and perspective of path dependence has been given growing attention in the social sciences in the last decades. Path dependence is often seen as the basic causal mechanism influencing v
Inside qualitative, cross‐national research
Over the last decade there has been a significant growth in comparative, cross‐national research and recognition of its potential significance in responding to globalisation pressures. A range of methodological approaches have been documented. However, whilst a growing literature exists on undertaking comparative research generally, less has been published on the experiences of undertaking qualitative research in a cross‐national context, particu…
How Divergent Housing Institutions Evolve
A particular feature of housing provision in Sweden is the significant amount of co‐operative housing (bostadsrätt). While many other countries have co‐operative housing, it rarely accounts for more than a few percent of households. In Finland co‐operative housing has been practically non‐existent. Instead the Finnish system of housing contains another institutional speciality, not found in Sweden: housing company (asunto‐osakeyhtiö) owner occupa…
No New Games To Play
No New Games To Play
The State and Self-help Housing in Urban Finland, 1920 to 1950
This paper examines self-help housing and state housing policies in urban Finland from 1920 to 1950. In Finland self-help housing consisted primarily of self-building of one- and two-family houses. It is often assumed that self-building used to be the typical urban form of housing production. It was certainly the form that housing reformers preferred. However, most urban housing production was private speculative production. Self-building became …
Moral Regulation
Philip Corrigan and Derek Sayer introduced the concept of moral regulation to contemporary sociological debate in their historical sociology of English State formation, The Great Arch (1985). In their work they fuse Durkheimian and Foucauldian analysis with a basic Marxist theory. However, this framework gives too limited a perspective to their analysis. I suggest that moral regulation should not be seen as a monolithic project, as merely action …
The home ideology and housing discourse in Finland 1900–1950
This article investigates the links between ideologies and housing discourses, focusing on the case of Finland from 1900–1950. During the early 20th century a specific view of the ‘Good Society’ emerged, called here the ’home ideology’. The home was seen as the core unit of society, a locale where the nation's moral basis was created. The mother was seen as the central person of the home, its spiritual leader. Home ideology is reflected in two as…
Introduction to the Special Issue
The concept and perspective of path dependence has been given growing attention in the social sciences in the last decades. Path dependence is often seen as the basic causal mechanism influencing v
Comparative Process Tracing
This article introduces comparative process tracing (CPT) as a two-step methodological approach that combines theory, chronology, and comparison. For each studied case, the processes leading “from A to B” are reconstructed and analyzed in terms of ideal-type social mechanisms and then compared by making use of the identified mechanisms and ideal-type periodization. Central elements of CPT are path dependence, critical junctures and focal points, …
Inside qualitative, cross‐national research
Over the last decade there has been a significant growth in comparative, cross‐national research and recognition of its potential significance in responding to globalisation pressures. A range of methodological approaches have been documented. However, whilst a growing literature exists on undertaking comparative research generally, less has been published on the experiences of undertaking qualitative research in a cross‐national context, particu…
Theory of Housing, From Housing, About Housing
Four positions concerning theorising housing-related phenomena are discussed. (1) Theory of housing (v1) : It is possible and desirable to construct a theory of housing to which all housing-related research topics can be related. (2) Theory about housing: It is not possible, nor desirable to try to construct a theory of housing; one should rather apply theoretical resources developed in established disciplines and research fields in theorising ho…
Rent regulation in 21 st century Europe. Comparative perspectives
The general housing policy trend in Europe has been towards neoliberalization meaning less state involvement in housing market and less government support for housing production. However, private rental markets are still regulated in many European countries. Here, we classify 33 European countries based on rent regulation system and welfare state regime. There seems to be some but not too much correspondence between the welfare state regime and w…
Moral Regulation
Philip Corrigan and Derek Sayer introduced the concept of moral regulation to contemporary sociological debate in their historical sociology of English State formation, The Great Arch (1985). In their work they fuse Durkheimian and Foucauldian analysis with a basic Marxist theory. However, this framework gives too limited a perspective to their analysis. I suggest that moral regulation should not be seen as a monolithic project, as merely action …
The home ideology and housing discourse in Finland 1900–1950
This article investigates the links between ideologies and housing discourses, focusing on the case of Finland from 1900–1950. During the early 20th century a specific view of the ‘Good Society’ emerged, called here the ’home ideology’. The home was seen as the core unit of society, a locale where the nation's moral basis was created. The mother was seen as the central person of the home, its spiritual leader. Home ideology is reflected in two as…
How Divergent Housing Institutions Evolve
A particular feature of housing provision in Sweden is the significant amount of co‐operative housing (bostadsrätt). While many other countries have co‐operative housing, it rarely accounts for more than a few percent of households. In Finland co‐operative housing has been practically non‐existent. Instead the Finnish system of housing contains another institutional speciality, not found in Sweden: housing company (asunto‐osakeyhtiö) owner occupa…
An idea that refuses to die. Rise, fall and resurgence of “housing class
In 1967, John Rex and Robert Moore published an influential book on ethnic housing inequality in Birmingham, titled Race, Community and Conflict. The book presented a theory about classes formed in the housing market, inspired by a particular reading of Max Weber's ideas about class. The basic idea of the housing class is that people's relation to the means of housing is a class-forming factor that is not reducible to their relation to the means …
Deconstructing Explanation by Mechanism
Critical realism and analytic sociology support what can be called explanation by mechanism (EbM). EbM consists of three distinct theses. The elaboration thesis says that mere observation of interdependencies cannot be considered a full explanation because it does not give a description of how the proposed causal connection comes about. The mechanism thesis claims that elaboration must contain an account of the generative/causal mechanism at work…
The State and Self-help Housing in Urban Finland, 1920 to 1950
This paper examines self-help housing and state housing policies in urban Finland from 1920 to 1950. In Finland self-help housing consisted primarily of self-building of one- and two-family houses. It is often assumed that self-building used to be the typical urban form of housing production. It was certainly the form that housing reformers preferred. However, most urban housing production was private speculative production. Self-building became …
Awareness of segregation in a welfare state
Segregation is a relatively recent issue in larger Finnish cities. The existence of segregation contradicts the Nordic welfare model, and segregation has been raised to the national policy level in Finland to combat a slowly widening gap between social groups on a spatial level. Local municipalities are central actors in urban policies. Therefore, we look at segregation from a local policy perspective. Our results confirm that segregation has not…
The Anatomy of Neighbour Relations
Relations between neighbours represent informal social relations that constitute a part of everyday life for virtually all individuals in contemporary urban societies. While aspects of neighbour relations have been studied in connection with research on local communities, gentrification, and neighbourhood effects, little research focusing specifically on interactions between neighbours has been conducted and theoretical reflection on the central …
Why Not Cash Out Home Equity? Reflections on the Finnish Case
Recently, many governments have sought ways to secure the provision of an adequate level of income for their ageing populations. The notion that citizens themselves should provide a part of their future livelihood is gaining ground in European societies. One possibility is to apply the wealth that individuals have accumulated during their lives. An owner-occupied dwelling is the largest piece of wealth that ordinary households possess. It constit…
Preventing, curing, mitigating
Rethinking Jim Kemeny’s Theory of Housing Regimes
In this Focus article issue of Housing, Theory and Society, Mark Stephens presents acareful reconstruction of the late Jim Kemeny’s very influential theory of housing regimes together with an empir
The home ideology and housing discourse in Finland 1900–1950
This article investigates the links between ideologies and housing discourses, focusing on the case of Finland from 1900–1950. During the early 20th century a specific view of the ‘Good Society’ emerged, called here the ’home ideology’. The home was seen as the core unit of society, a locale where the nation's moral basis was created. The mother was seen as the central person of the home, its spiritual leader. Home ideology is reflected in two as…
Moral Regulation
Philip Corrigan and Derek Sayer introduced the concept of moral regulation to contemporary sociological debate in their historical sociology of English State formation, The Great Arch (1985). In their work they fuse Durkheimian and Foucauldian analysis with a basic Marxist theory. However, this framework gives too limited a perspective to their analysis. I suggest that moral regulation should not be seen as a monolithic project, as merely action …
The State and Self-help Housing in Urban Finland, 1920 to 1950
This paper examines self-help housing and state housing policies in urban Finland from 1920 to 1950. In Finland self-help housing consisted primarily of self-building of one- and two-family houses. It is often assumed that self-building used to be the typical urban form of housing production. It was certainly the form that housing reformers preferred. However, most urban housing production was private speculative production. Self-building became …
No New Games To Play
No New Games To Play
How Divergent Housing Institutions Evolve
A particular feature of housing provision in Sweden is the significant amount of co‐operative housing (bostadsrätt). While many other countries have co‐operative housing, it rarely accounts for more than a few percent of households. In Finland co‐operative housing has been practically non‐existent. Instead the Finnish system of housing contains another institutional speciality, not found in Sweden: housing company (asunto‐osakeyhtiö) owner occupa…
Inside qualitative, cross‐national research
Over the last decade there has been a significant growth in comparative, cross‐national research and recognition of its potential significance in responding to globalisation pressures. A range of methodological approaches have been documented. However, whilst a growing literature exists on undertaking comparative research generally, less has been published on the experiences of undertaking qualitative research in a cross‐national context, particu…
Introduction to the Special Issue
The concept and perspective of path dependence has been given growing attention in the social sciences in the last decades. Path dependence is often seen as the basic causal mechanism influencing v
Deconstructing Explanation by Mechanism
Critical realism and analytic sociology support what can be called explanation by mechanism (EbM). EbM consists of three distinct theses. The elaboration thesis says that mere observation of interdependencies cannot be considered a full explanation because it does not give a description of how the proposed causal connection comes about. The mechanism thesis claims that elaboration must contain an account of the generative/causal mechanism at work…
Why Not Cash Out Home Equity? Reflections on the Finnish Case
Recently, many governments have sought ways to secure the provision of an adequate level of income for their ageing populations. The notion that citizens themselves should provide a part of their future livelihood is gaining ground in European societies. One possibility is to apply the wealth that individuals have accumulated during their lives. An owner-occupied dwelling is the largest piece of wealth that ordinary households possess. It constit…
Theory of Housing, From Housing, About Housing
Four positions concerning theorising housing-related phenomena are discussed. (1) Theory of housing (v1) : It is possible and desirable to construct a theory of housing to which all housing-related research topics can be related. (2) Theory about housing: It is not possible, nor desirable to try to construct a theory of housing; one should rather apply theoretical resources developed in established disciplines and research fields in theorising ho…
Comparative Process Tracing
This article introduces comparative process tracing (CPT) as a two-step methodological approach that combines theory, chronology, and comparison. For each studied case, the processes leading “from A to B” are reconstructed and analyzed in terms of ideal-type social mechanisms and then compared by making use of the identified mechanisms and ideal-type periodization. Central elements of CPT are path dependence, critical junctures and focal points, …
Author’s Reply
Rethinking Jim Kemeny’s Theory of Housing Regimes
In this Focus article issue of Housing, Theory and Society, Mark Stephens presents acareful reconstruction of the late Jim Kemeny’s very influential theory of housing regimes together with an empir
Rent regulation in 21 st century Europe. Comparative perspectives
The general housing policy trend in Europe has been towards neoliberalization meaning less state involvement in housing market and less government support for housing production. However, private rental markets are still regulated in many European countries. Here, we classify 33 European countries based on rent regulation system and welfare state regime. There seems to be some but not too much correspondence between the welfare state regime and w…
Bridging Economics and Sociology in Housing Research
Moral regulation as status politics
Sociology of moral regulation has been interested in different kinds of morally charged social movements, such as the temperance movement, to investigate the social reasons why people take part in such movements. One answer is provided by Joseph Gusfield's classic analysis of the American temperance movement, The Symbolic Crusade, published in 1963. The status politics theory developed therein provides a potential explanation of participation in …
The Anatomy of Neighbour Relations
Relations between neighbours represent informal social relations that constitute a part of everyday life for virtually all individuals in contemporary urban societies. While aspects of neighbour relations have been studied in connection with research on local communities, gentrification, and neighbourhood effects, little research focusing specifically on interactions between neighbours has been conducted and theoretical reflection on the central …
Neighbours around the world
Neighbours around the world: An international look at the people next door, edited by Lynda Cheshire." Journal of Urban Affairs, ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print), pp. 1–2
Awareness of segregation in a welfare state
Segregation is a relatively recent issue in larger Finnish cities. The existence of segregation contradicts the Nordic welfare model, and segregation has been raised to the national policy level in Finland to combat a slowly widening gap between social groups on a spatial level. Local municipalities are central actors in urban policies. Therefore, we look at segregation from a local policy perspective. Our results confirm that segregation has not…
An idea that refuses to die. Rise, fall and resurgence of “housing class
In 1967, John Rex and Robert Moore published an influential book on ethnic housing inequality in Birmingham, titled Race, Community and Conflict. The book presented a theory about classes formed in the housing market, inspired by a particular reading of Max Weber's ideas about class. The basic idea of the housing class is that people's relation to the means of housing is a class-forming factor that is not reducible to their relation to the means …
Preventing, curing, mitigating
Thinking the Fault Lines of Housing Inequality
We know from international statistics and housing research that there is globally a crisis of affordable housing, leaving and driving people in homelessness or living in unaffordable and inadequate...
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