Social Construction of Gender Inequality in the Housing System

Housing Experience of Women in Hong Kong

• Author(s): Paul Pennartz, Anke Niehof,
• Publisher: Routledge
• Pages: 243
• ISBN_10: 0429797826
  ISBN_13: 9780429797828
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Social Science / General ,

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First published in 1997, this volume recognises the issue of gender inequality in Hong Kong housing. The invisibility of the housing problem is compounded by the dominant patriarchal Chinese culture in Hong Kong. The issue remains marginal in Western countries as well, despite increasing concern. Kam Wah Chan makes meaningful, insightful progress on the housing issue in Hong Kong by focusing on the crucial issues of housing for lone mothers and for women in new towns.