Home ownership, ideology and diversity

Traditionally, theories of home ownership ideology have emphasised its significance in maintaining social stability and political legitimacy, particularly in recent decades and in Anglo‐Saxon dominated societies (Kemeny , , , Forrest , Marcuse ). Underlying these claims are ranges of assumptions concerning the nature of ideology or the systems of values and beliefs surrounding home ownership. This paper attempts to challenge these ideological and theoretical assumptions that have dominated housing studies since the 1970's. This challenge takes the form of a critique of the crude model of ideology applied by housing theorists. Alternatively, normalisation and discourse, the subjective meanings of housing and dwelling, and family and cultural practices are emphasised in understanding the relationship between tenure, hegemony and ideology. A comparative approach is also identified as an effective tool in revealing the nature and practice of home ownership values and ideologies. The case of Japan is drawn upon to demonstrate divergence in the role and effect of home ownership and ideology, and to undermine the 'eternal truths' applied to housing and home ownership in the European and Anglo‐Saxon context

Context (archaeology · Divergence (linguistics · Diversity (politics · Economics · Hegemony · Ideology · Law and economics · Legitimacy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Social science · Sociology · Systematic ideology · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Law

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