Essays about: "decommodification."

Found 5 essays containing the word decommodification..

  1. 1. Accessing Housing : How the political-economy of Sweden’s Housing Market impacts the accessibility for marginalized groups in Malmö

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för Urbana Studier (US)

    Author : Pauline Wedepohl; [2023]
    Keywords : housing; accessibility; discrimination; marginalized groups; radical right to housing; political-economy; urban studies; Malmö; Sweden;

    Abstract : Under urban neoliberal policies, housing has become a vehicle for wealth accumulation, detached from its social function, leading to a shortage of adequate and affordable housing. The lack of adequate housing is perceived as an issue of availability. READ MORE

  2. 2. The Framing of Affordability within Ireland’s Housing Discourse : Analysis of the Negotiated Process of Narrative Struggles within the Framing of Affordability within Housing Discourse

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för Urbana Studier (US)

    Author : Neil Dunne; [2023]
    Keywords : Affordability; Affordable Housing; Housing Affordability; Housing Policy; Social Constructionism; Narrative; Housing Regimes; Commodification; Decommodification; Welfare Provision;

    Abstract : After the 2008 Global Financial Crash, Ireland’s neoliberal housing policy turned again to housing financialisation as focus lay upon the attraction of corporate investors in order to revive the housing market. The result was a swift return to housing price rises but this came with ever growing homelessness and housing precarity as REITs and other corporate investors' influence on the housing market grew. READ MORE

  3. 3. Alternative Housing Projects “Beyond Market and State” : On the In(ter)dependence of Housing Commons in Germany

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för Urbana Studier (US)

    Author : Nora Bittmann; [2022]
    Keywords : housing commons; autonomy; collective ownership; state;

    Abstract : In this paper the viability of housing commons as an alternative to commercial and public housing provision is examined. With rising financial burdens for renters in German cities over the past ten years, and state and market failing to provide affordable and accessible housing, claims to (re)communalize and decommodify housing are on the rise. READ MORE

  4. 4. Policy matters: The gendered impact of welfare systems and gender job segregation on unemployment during the EU recession and austerity, 2004-2018

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Gefjon Off; [2019]
    Keywords : Recession; austerity; gender; unemployment; European Union; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Previous literature on the gendered impact of the 2008 recession and subsequent austerity on unemployment in the EU found that male unemployment is particularly affected by the recession, whereas female unemployment increases disproportionately during periods of austerity. Welfare systems and gender job segregation have been discussed as underlying mechanisms of these effects. READ MORE

  5. 5. Growing into poverty? Social Mobility and Child Poverty in Welfare States

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Lotta Herz; [2015]
    Keywords : social mobility; child poverty; social policy; welfare regimes; decommodification.; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Intergenerational social mobility represents the ability of individuals to reach their full potential, regardless of the circumstances of their birth. But what factors influence the social mobility in a society? This study takes a comprehensive look at the role of child poverty. READ MORE