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作者

Franklin Obeng-Odoom

来源

CITIES,Vol.126,Issue1,Article 103714

语言

英文

关键字

Housing;Urban political economy;Theories of value

作者单位

Global Development Studies and Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland;Global Development Studies and Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

摘要

Housing is a major focus in urban and regional studies, but an overemphasis on empiricism inhibits its analytical study. Previous attempts to resolve this tension have proposed the use of research themes, but this strategy makes marginalised approaches even more invisible. Using disciplines as taxonomies takes us no further because, even within disciplines, approaches differ widely. To address the problem, in this paper, I propose to ground the ‘housing question’ on theories of value. Doing so helps to clarify and to strengthen the analytical foundations of how we theorise housing and evaluate the problems and prospects of housing policy.