Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Original Title -- Original Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- EDITORS' ACKNOWLEDGEMENT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. FRANCE -- Introduction -- The Post-War Years 1945-1953 -- The Dominant State 1953-1963 -- The Rise of the Private Sector 1963-1973 -- Policy Changes and Reform 1973-1982 -- Conclusions and the Future -- Notes and References -- List of Acronyms -- 3. WEST GERMANY -- The Post-War Situation -- Housing in a Period of Abundance -- Heading Towards Austerity -- The Present Situation -- Concluding Remarks -- Notes and References -- 4. GREAT BRITAIN -- Introduction -- Pre-1945 Housing Policy and the First Post-War Labour Government -- Conservative Housing Policy 1951-1964 -- Labour Housing Policy 1964-1970 -- The Return of the Conservatives 1970-1974 -- The Labour Government 1974-1979 -- A Return to the Freemarket: The Conservative Government 1979 -- Summary and Reflections -- Notes and References -- 5. SPAIN -- The Post-War Housing Shortage and the 1939 and 1944 Housing Acts (1939-1953) -- State aid to the private sector and the construction boom of the sixties (1954-1971) -- The Decline in Production in the 1970s and failure of social housing policy (1972-1983) -- Concluding Remarks -- Notes and References -- 6. YUGOSLAVIA -- Introduction -- The main stages in the development of post-war housing -- Housing, planning and the urban growth process -- Concluding Remarks -- Notes and References -- Additional Bibliography -- 7. DENMARK -- Introduction -- The post-war period -- The last decade -- Current housing policies -- Review of progress -- Notes and References -- 8. EAST GERMANY -- An overview of housing policy 1945-1982 -- Housing and housing management today -- Concluding Remarks -- Notes and References -- 9. ITALY -- Introductory Remarks