An appraisal of the incorporation thesis : housing tenure and political values in urban Canada
department or school: Arts, Faculty of
department or school: Geography, Department of
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degree campus: UBCV
creator: Pratt, Geraldine J.
issued: 2010-06-13T17:08:42Z
issued: 1984
related degree: Doctor of Philosophy - PhD
degree grantor: University of British Columbia
description: The incorporation thesis, which links homeownership and conservative political values, was examined. A dearth of empirical work, as well as the complexity of the argument, which integrates economic, political and social factors, necessitated a complex research design. This included a consideration of the material advantages of homeownership in the Vancouver, British Columbia housing market to establish that homeownership has been a significant source of revenue for the homeowner, through both house price inflation and government subsidisation. Claims concerning the association between homeownership and conservative political attitudes were then evaluated by means of an urban national sample of roughly 2000 publicly available interviews, collected in 1979 as part of the Social Change in Canada study. Housing class, discriminating between renters, mortgaged homeowners and outright homeowners, was consistently associated with political behaviours and attitudes, which ranged from objective measures such as political party affiliation to subjective indicators including attitudes towards planning life ahead. The independent significance of housing class in relation to attitudes was established by controlling for class, SES, household income, education and life-cycle. A striking outcome of this analysis was the finding that the association between housing tenure and political attitudes or behaviour was indeed evident, but only within particular social classes, household income groups and stages of life-cycle. A social profile was developed of those for whom housing class was especially associated with attitudes: low income household heads in skilled nonmanual occupational categories, whose family obligations had perhaps forced them into a marginal homeownership position. In contrast, no association between housing class and political orientation was noted for skilled manual workers. This contrast was taken into a sample of 100 in depth interviews with homeowners and renter…
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note: AN APPRAISAL OF THE INCORPORATION THESIS -HOUSING TENURE AND POLITICAL VALUES IN URBAN CANADA By G e r a l d i n e J . P r a t t B . S c , The U n i v e r s i t y of T o r o n t o , 1977 M . A . , The U n i v e r s i t y of B r i t i s h Co lumbia , 1980 A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY in THE FACULTY OF GRADUATE STUDIES Department of Geography We accept t h i s t h e s i s as conforming to the r e q u i r e d s t andard THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA May 1984 © G e r a l d i n e J . P r a t t , 1984 In presenting t h i s thesis i n p a r t i a l f u l f i l m e n t of the requirements fo r an advanced degree at the University of B r i t i s h Columbia, I agree that the Library s h a l l make i t f r e e l y a v a i l a b l e for reference and study. I further agree that permission for extensive copying of t h i s t h e s i s f o r s c h o l a r l y purposes may be granted by the head of my department or by his or her representatives. I t i s understood that copying or publi c a t i o n of t h i s t h e s i s for f i n a n c i a l gain s h a l l not be allowed without my written permission. Department of Geography The University of B r i t i s h Columbia 1956 Main Mall Vancouver, Canada V6T 1Y3 i i ABSTRACT The i n c o r p o r a t i o n t h e s i s , which l i n k s homeownership and c o n s e r v a t i v e p o l i t i c a l v a l u e s , was examined. A d e a r t h of e m p i r i c a l work, as w e l l as the c o m p l e x i t y of the argument, which i n t e g r a t e s economic , p o l i t i c a l and s o c i a l f a c t o r s , n e c e s s i t a t e d a complex r e s e a r c h d e s i g n . T h i s i n c l u d e d a c o n s i d e r a t i o n of the m a t e r i a l advantages of homeownership i n the Vancouver , B r i t i s h Columbia hous ing market to e s t a b l i s h t h a t homeownership has been a s i g n i f i c a n t source of revenue f o r the homeowner, through both house p r …
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is shown at: 10.14288/1.0096561
language: eng
degree discipline: Geography
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scholar level: Graduate
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identifier URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/25671