{"product_id":"building-communities-routledge-revivals-9781138016637","title":"Building Communities (Routledge Revivals)","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Johnston Birchall\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Taylor \u0026amp; Francis\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBuilding Communities: The Co-Operative Way\u003c\/em\u003e, first published in 1988, sets the flourishing of housing co-operatives throughout the 1980s in a theoretical and historical framework that suggests that tenant control is the best way out of the still-problematic issue of housing policy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBefore the First World War, co-operative housing was poised to become a potent force in government policy, but instead municipal housing rose to prominence. However, alongside a growing crisis of confidence in state housing and a continued decline in the private rented sector, a new political consensus has emerged that has placed co-ops firmly at the top of the agenda. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSetting out the argument for collective dweller-control of housing, Birchall demonstrates that the arguments for co-operatives are strong, based on a broad spectrum of political thought. He charts the early and recent history of co-operative housing, and shows how they provide a flexible and stable means of meeting housing needs.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45235367411863,"sku":"9781138016637","price":3562.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781138016637.webp?v=1769209471","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/building-communities-routledge-revivals-9781138016637","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}