{"title":"Annington versus Deutsche Annington: Private Equity and Housing in the Anglo-Saxon and Rhenish Contexts","authors":"Willem K. Korthals Altes","doi":"10.1080/14036096.2018.1479300","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14036096.2018.1479300","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Under the Rhenish model of capitalism the interests of other stakeholders than shareholders are essential to the interests of the firm. However, Rhenish institutions in Germany have been changing. In the housing sector, many organizations that promoted the provision of affordable housing are currently managed by private equity firms promoting shareholders’ interests. This paper presents a dual case study on two housing providers: Annington in the UK, and Deutsche Annington in Germany which were owned by the same private equity investor, Terra Firma. The paper – based on this analysis of a single approach to the management of two comparable firms in the Rhenish and Anglo-Saxon contexts – considers the question of whether the Rhenish model is being swept away by the shareholders revolution. The paper concludes that this is not the case and that certain differences between these cases reflect the continuing differences between the Anglo-Saxon and Rhenish models of capitalism.","PeriodicalId":338089,"journal":{"name":"Housing, Theory and Society","volume":"52 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131245500","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Homeownership and Living Conditions of the Immigrant Population in Spain: Differences and Similarities among Immigrant Groups","authors":"M. C. Colom Andrés, M. C. Molés Machí","doi":"10.1080/14036096.2016.1268201","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14036096.2016.1268201","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract International migration has become a highly relevant issue over the last decade. In this paper, we study the homeownership and living conditions of the immigrant population in Spain in a period of economic growth. In particular, we analyse the decisions for tenure, quality of housing and the overcrowding rate. Additionally, we test the hypothesis that the behaviour connected to these decisions is divergent among immigrants according to their country of origin. Using data from the National Immigrant Survey, we found that economic factors and immigration-specific variables are strong predictors of the tenure and quality of housing. Individual characteristics and family structure are the main determinants of overcrowding. The results showed differences in immigrant behaviour by country of origin.","PeriodicalId":338089,"journal":{"name":"Housing, Theory and Society","volume":"418 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126704295","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Gentrification: A working class perspective","authors":"C. Allen","doi":"10.1080/14036096.2015.1080426","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14036096.2015.1080426","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":338089,"journal":{"name":"Housing, Theory and Society","volume":"32 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-09-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133786629","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}