The Gentrification Debates

Description

Uniquely well suited for teaching, this innovative text-reader strengthens students’ critical thinking skills, sparks classroom discussion, and also provides a comprehensive and accessible understanding of gentrification.

Contents

Part 1: What is Gentrification? Definitions and Key Concepts 1. Ruth Glass, "Aspects of Change" 2. Neil Smith, "A Short History of Gentrification" 3. Sharon Zukin, "Gentrification as Market and Place" 4. Loretta Lees, "Super-Gentrification: The Case of Brooklyn Heights, New York City" 5. Rowland Atkinson and Gary Bridge, "Globalisation and the New Urban Colonialism" Part 2: How, Where and When Does Gentrification Occur? 6. Neil Smith, "Toward a Theory of Gentrification: A Back to the City Movement by Capital, Not People 7. John R. Logan and Harvey L. Moltoch, "The City as a Growth Machine" 8. David Ley, "Introduction: Restructuring and Dislocations 9. Neil Smith, "Building the Frontier Myth" 10. Sharon Zukin, "From Arts Production to Housing Market" 11. Christopher Mele, "Forging the Link Between Culture and Real Estate: Urban Policy and Real Estate Development" 12. Gary Bridge, "Estate Agents as Interpreters of Economic and Cultural Capital: The Gentrification Premium in the Sydney Housing Market" 13. Kevin Fox Gotham, "Tourism Gentrification: The Case of New Orleans’ Vieux Carre (French Quarter)" Part 3: Who are Gentrifiers and Why Do They Engage in Gentrification?" 14. Sharon Zukin "The Creation of a ‘Loft Lifestyle’" 15. Richard Lloyd, "Living Like an Artist" 16. D. Rose, "Rethinking Gentrifciation: Beyond the Uneven Development of Marxist Urban Theory" 17. Monique Taylor, "The Dilemma of Racial Difference" 18. Michael Sibalis, "Urban Space and Homosexuality: The Example of the Marais, Paris’ Gay Ghetto" 19. Tim Butler, "Consumption and Culture" 20. Japonica Brown-Saracino, "Social Preservationists and the Quest for Authentic Community" Part 4: What Are the Outcomes and Consequences of Gentrification? 21. Paul R. Levy and Roman A. Cybriwsy, "The Hidden Dimension sof Culture and Class: Philadelphia" 22. Michael Chernoff, "Social Displacement in a Renovating Neighborhood’s Commercial District: Atlanta" 23. Derek S. Hyra, "The New Urban Renewal, Part 2: Public Housing Reforms" 24. Gina M. Perez, "Gentrification, Intrametropolitan Migration, and the Politics of Place" 25. Mary Pattillo, "Avenging Violence with Violence" 26. Lance Freeman, "Neighborhood Effects in a Changing Hood" 27. Richard Florida, "Building the Creative Community" Conclusion: Japonica Brown-Saracino, "Why We Debate"

Author Bio

Japonica Brown-Saracino is assistant professor of sociology at Loyola University Chicago where she specializes in urban and community sociology, cultural sociology, and the study of race, ethnicity, and sexuality. Her work on gentrification, which draws on her ethnographic data, has appeared in City and Community and Theory and Society, as well as in a book, A Neighborhood That Never Changes: Gentrification, Social Preservation, and the Search for Authenticity.

Related Subjects

1. Urban Studies
2. Economic Geography
3. Sociology of Culture
4. Tourism Geography
5. Cultural Geography
6. Urban Sociology
7. Social Inequality
8. Urban Cultures
9. Housing Policy & Studies
10. Urban Sociology - Urban Studies