Housing Policy Reforms in Post Socialist Europe Lost in Transition
The book provides unique insights into the process of housing reforms in post-socialist Europe during its transition to markets and democracy. It explores the relationships between housing policy and housing system performance in nine countries: Albania,
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Sasha Tsenkova
Housing Policy Reforms in Post Socialist Europe Lost in Transition
Physica-Verlag A Springer Company
Prof. Dr. Sasha Tsenkova University of Calgary Faculty of Environmental Design 2500 University Drive NW Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4 [email protected]
ISBN 978-3-7908-2114-7 e-ISBN 978-3-7908-2115-4 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7908-2115-4 Contributions to Economics ISSN 1431-1933 Library of Congress Control Number: 2008936409 © 2009 Physica-Verlag Heidelberg This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Violations are liable to prosecution under the German Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Cover design: WMXDesign GmbH, Heidelberg Printed on acid-free paper 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 springer.com
Preface and Acknowledgements
The transition from a centrally planned to a market-based economy in Central and Eastern Europe has been one of the fundamental transformations of the 1990s. The ‘shock therapy’ effectively dismantled the state-owned economy and state institutions. The profound transformation no doubt has major economic, social and political implications for post-socialist societies and is reflected in the restructuring of national housing systems. The purpose of this book is to explore both theoretically and empirically the impacts of housing reforms on housing system performance in post-socialist countries. In exploring this phenomenon, it views housing systems as a set of institutions organised in the process of promotion, production, allocation and consumption of housing as socially embedded in political, social and economic contexts. The work, based on a comparative analysis of housing policy reforms in nine countries in South East Europe, seeks to identify major patterns of change in the housing systems in the context of the transition from planning to markets. The conceptual framework for this comparative evaluation is designed to offer insights into policy intervention to achieve more efficient and equitable performance of housing systems. Although housing policy in the region was ‘lost’ in multiple transitions, the book argues for more strategic policy reforms that enable market institutions to work more efficiently in national and local contexts. The book draws on a comparative study on Trends and Progress in Housing Reforms in South East Europe commissioned by the Council of Europe Dev
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