Hong Kong's housing policy : a case study in social justice /
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| Author / Creator: | Yung, Betty R. |
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| Imprint: | Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, 2008. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 231 pages) |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Book collections on Project MUSE. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11220718 |
| Summary: | This book examines housing policy in Hong Kong using a new and unique interdisciplinary approach OCo combining the philosophical discussion on social justice with policy and housing studies. It considers both Western and Chinese concepts of social justice, and investigates the role of social justice in a public policy such as housing. As a philosophical treatise on social administration, the book will be of interest to philosophy, public administration, and housing studies academics and students of all countries. Since Hong Kong represents a very special case with massive governmental intervention into the housing market, housing professionals and policy makers will find the analysis of Hong Kong's housing policy useful.The author completed her PhD at the School for Policy Studies of the University of Bristol, specializing in housing policy. Previously she taught and conducted research in the University of Hong Kong, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and the City University of Hong Kong. She is now working for the Hong Kong government. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 231 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-227) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789888052332 9888052330 9789622099043 9622099041 9789622099050 962209905X |