THEORI

ESI
NHOUSI
NG
THERATI
ONALAPPROACH
Forarati
onalproc
essthereisanimpli
ci
tposit
ivi
standempi
ric
alappr
oac
h.Thesear
ch
isfors
oci
alfact
sthatcanprovetheexist
enceofcer
tai
nphenomenaoral
lowthe
judgmentofthesuccessofapart
icul
arpoli
cy.

THEPOLI
TICALAPPROACH
Thepol i
ti
calapproachtopol i
cymakingalert
susal sototheexi
stenceofdifferents
etsof
objecti
vesheldbydi fferentgroupsi
nsoc i
ety
.Rat herthanac
ceptingthedominant
discours
eandt heobj ec
tivest
hat owf r
om it,analysi
sshoul
dtakeintoaccountthe
differentper
s pec
tivesandvaluesthatareimplici
tinalter
nat
ivediscour
ses.

THESTRUCTURALAPPROACH
Therear emanydi fferents tr
uc tur
alanalyses.TheFouc auldianperspectiveconsiders
iss
uesofdi s
c ourseandgover nmentali
ty.Res ear
c hinthistradit
ionhighlightsthe
hist
oricalevol utionofdi scour s
esandt hei
ri mpac tintermsoft hedistr
ibutionofc osts
andbene t sandt hec onstraintsonbehavi orthrought heinstrumentsofpol icy.Other
str
uc t
ural appr oachesi ncludec ri
ti
calr
ealism andr ecentlit
eratureon‘var i
eti
esof
resi
dent i
al capitalis
m’ thats eekstoshowt hei mpac toffactorssuchas nanc ial
ization
ont hetrajector yofdiffer entnat i
onalhous ingsystems( seeSchwar t
zandSeabr ooke,
2009;Aal bers ,2016).

THENECESSI
TYOFTHEORETI
CALENGAGEMENT
Thiss ecti
onengageswi ththear gumentt hatpol
icyrelat
edresearc
hdoesnothavet obe
conc eptuall
yortheoretic
allyinfor
medandar guesthatpoli
cyresearchandt heoret
ical
resear c
har enotdiffer
entands eparate.I
thasbeens howninthepr evioussect
ionsthat
resear c
hbas edonquitediffer enttheoreti
calposi
ti
onshaspolicyrelevancedepending
ont hepol i
cyprocessinvolved.

THENATUREOFHOUSI
NG
Housingisacomplexanduniquecommodi t
ythathasmanydifferentel
ement sandsoi
s
difficultt
oenc aps
ulat
eeasi
ly.Unli
kemanyc ommoditi
esboughtinashop,eachhouse
hasauniquemi xofat
tri
butes,
simil
artoandyetnevert
hesameasi notherhouses.
For
example,eachhousehasauniquelocat
ionandsoauniquesetofloc
ati
on-dependent
affordances.