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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 370-403 |
| Number of pages | 34 |
| Journal | The Sociological Review |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 May 1987 |
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Also published as Forrest, R., and Murie, A. (1987) and (2014). The affluent homeowner: Labour-market position and the shaping of housing histories. In N. Thrift and P. Williams (Eds.), Class and space: The making of urban society (pp. 330-359). United Kingdom: Routledge.Cite this
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The affluent home owner : labour market position and the shaping of housing histories. / FORREST, Ray; MURIE, Alan.
In: The Sociological Review, Vol. 35, No. 2, 01.05.1987, p. 370-403.Research output: Journal Publications › Journal Article (refereed) › Research › peer-review
TY - JOUR
T1 - The affluent home owner : labour market position and the shaping of housing histories
AU - FORREST, Ray
AU - MURIE, Alan
N1 - Also published as Forrest, R., and Murie, A. (1987) and (2014). The affluent homeowner: Labour-market position and the shaping of housing histories. In N. Thrift and P. Williams (Eds.), Class and space: The making of urban society (pp. 330-359). United Kingdom: Routledge.
PY - 1987/5/1
Y1 - 1987/5/1
N2 - This article draws on research designed to explore aspects of social stratification within owner occupation. The research reconstructed and compared the housing, employment and family histories of two groups of home owners in two contrasting localities in Bristol. This article focuses on the top end of the owner occupied market, a neglected area in the sociology of housing, and explores the connections between bargaining power in the labour market and the shaping of housing histories. It is argued that core workers in the labour market exercise choice in the housing market within a framework of job determined constraints. These constraints are accompanied by a range of subsidies and benefits which are unavailable to the majority of households. As a consequence it is suggested that this group's housing histories are shaped by qualitatively distinct processes which go beyond the single fact that their earned incomes are relatively large.
AB - This article draws on research designed to explore aspects of social stratification within owner occupation. The research reconstructed and compared the housing, employment and family histories of two groups of home owners in two contrasting localities in Bristol. This article focuses on the top end of the owner occupied market, a neglected area in the sociology of housing, and explores the connections between bargaining power in the labour market and the shaping of housing histories. It is argued that core workers in the labour market exercise choice in the housing market within a framework of job determined constraints. These constraints are accompanied by a range of subsidies and benefits which are unavailable to the majority of households. As a consequence it is suggested that this group's housing histories are shaped by qualitatively distinct processes which go beyond the single fact that their earned incomes are relatively large.
UR - http://commons.ln.edu.hk/sw_master/5779
U2 - 10.1111/j.1467-954X.1987.tb00014.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1467-954X.1987.tb00014.x
M3 - Journal Article (refereed)
VL - 35
SP - 370
EP - 403
JO - Sociological Review
JF - Sociological Review
SN - 0038-0261
IS - 2
ER -