Hong Kong's housing policy : a case study in social justice / Betty Yung.
Material type: TextSeries: Book collections on Project MUSEPublication details: Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, 2008.Description: 1 online resource (viii, 231 pages)Content type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9789888052332
- 9888052330
- Housing policy -- China -- Hong Kong
- Social justice -- China -- Hong Kong
- Logement -- Politique gouvernementale -- Chine -- Hongkong
- Justice sociale -- Chine -- Hongkong
- Society and social sciences
- Sociology and anthropology
- Sociology
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure
- Housing policy
- Social justice
- China -- Hong Kong
- 363.5095125 22
- HD7371.A3 Y86 2008eb
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-227) and index.
Preface; 1. Philosophy, Justice and Hong Kong Housing Policy; 2. Social Justice -- An Intricate Concept; 3. Social Justice in Public Policy; 4. Just Housing Policy; 5. Justice in Hong Kong's Housing Policy -- A Historical Perspective; 6. Justice Conceived by the Hong Kong Community; 7. Justice, Public Policy and Housing; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
Print version record.
English.
This book examines housing policy in Hong Kong using a new and unique interdisciplinary approach - 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 interventi.
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