Housing and housing politics in European metropolises

Intro -- Inhalt -- Editorial -- I Special Section: "Housing and Housing Politics in European Metropolises" -- 1 Contentious urban housing politics in European metropolises between financialisation, dispossession and re-possession -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Conceptual approaches to housing and housing politics -- 3 Housing transformations: From suburbanisation to privatisation and financialisation -- 4 Housing politics -- 5 Dispossession, re-possession, and the future of urban housing politics -- 5 Conclusions -- 2 In search of equity. French housing policy and "Grand Paris" -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Paris and its banlieue: historical, geographical and political dimensions -- 2.1 Paris' urban history -- 2.2 Paris, the agglomeration, the region, the metropolis: definitions and landmarks -- 2.3 Intercommunalités and the impact on the territorial devolution of competences -- 2.4 GPMA genesis. A delayed awareness of the housing issue -- 3 Local against National? Aspects of the metropolitan "housing crisis" -- 3.1 Paris Metropolitan area: Housing markets -- 3.2 Obstructions in the households' residential careers -- 4 Increasing socio-spatial inequalities -- 5 Grand Paris: Project, expectations, and implementation -- 5.1 Strength and weaknesses: Ambitious objectives, disappointing implementation -- 5.2 Fragmented local governance -- 6 Conclusions: problematic achievement and remaining expectations -- 3 Housing and housing policies in Madrid in the light of real estate crisis, protest and new regulatory policies -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Theoretical framework -- 3 Accelerated urban growth and demand for housing in Madrid (1940-1990) -- 4 The absolute triumph of the neoliberal city model: The housing bubble (1990-2008) -- 4.1 A favourable context for the development of the housing bubble -- 4.2 Data on urban growth and housing stock.