Housing transformations

Theory, concept and practice -- Towards a contextual approach -- Unsettling structures : insecurity and change in a globalised society -- The institutional framework : powers, policies and procedures -- Agency and action : negotiation, influence and resistance -- The built form : design and discourse -- Issues, projects and processes -- Revisioning the village -- Monuments made good -- Settings of structured dependency -- Constructing city lifestyles -- Alternative modes of dwelling -- Conclusion -- Making connections..

Includes bibliographical references (p. 274-292) and index..

"The turn of the century has seen a proliferation of concepts and models in relation to the development of new types of residential environment in the UK. Housing Transformations seeks to account for why this has occurred and how it has been made manifest through the shaping of the actual built form."--Jacket..