Mixed communities [electronic resource] : Gentrification by stealth?
Bridge, Gary.
Butler, Tim.
Lees, Loretta.
Bristol : Policy,
2012.
This book draws together a range of case studies by international experts to assess the impacts of social mix policies and the degree to which they might represent gentrification by stealth.
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MIXED COMMUNITIES; Contents; List of tables, figures and photographs; Acknowledgements; Notes on contributors; 1. Introduction: gentrification, social mix/ing and mixed communities; Introduction: the scope of the book; Social mix in a comparative perspective; Overview of the book; Part 1: Reflections on social mix policy; 2. Why do birds of a feather flock together? Social mix and social welfare: a quantitative appraisal; Introduction; Evidence on neighbourhood effects; Benefits of living with peers; Conclusion; 3. Social mix and urban policy; Introduction
Middle classes in contemporary EuropeDoes this argument suffice to undermine all public policies in that domain?; Conclusion: what matters is what works?; 4. Mixed communities and urban policy: reflections from the UK; Introduction; Policy outcomes; Conclusion: gentrification by stealth?; 5. Gentrification without social mixing in the rapidly urbanising world of Australasia; Introduction; A region in flux; Conclusion; Part 2: Social mix in liberal and neoliberal times; 6. Social mixing and the historical geography of gentrification; Introduction: legacies; Segregation and civil rights
Social mixing as progressive urban policySegregation and social mixing in neoliberal times; In support of good segregation; For social mix: False Creek; Against social mix: Downtown Eastside; 7. Social mix and encounter capacity - a pragmatic social model for a new downtown: the example of HafenCity Hamburg; Introduction; HafenCity Hamburg; Social mix and possibilities of urban encounter: a conceptual outline; Development of social mix and encounter capability; Conclusion: gentrification and social mix; Part 3: Social mix policies and gentrification
8. Mixed-income schools and housing policy in Chicago: a critical examination of the gentrification/education/'racial' exclusion nexusIntroduction; Neoliberal urbanism; Mixed-income strategies, neoliberal development and racial exclusion; HOPE VI and mixed-income schools; Mixed-income housing; Democratic deficits; 'Root shock'; Moralising poverty and educational failure; Conclusion; 9: Social mix as the aim of a controlled gentrification process: the example of the Goutte d'Or district in Paris; Introduction; Gentrification and social groups; Social mix and the middle classes
Ambiguities inherent in Parisian municipal mix policiesGoutte d'Or: a working-class, immigrant neighbourhood; Waiting for gentrification: the 'new' residents get organised; Conclusion; 10. Beware the Trojan horse: social mix constructions in Melbourne; Introduction; Melbourne's gentrification and its effect on diversity; The last frontier: the inner-Melbourne public housing estates; 'Social mix' and its effect on diversity; Part 4: The rhetoric and reality of social mix policies; 11. Social mixing as a cure for negative neighbourhood effects: evidence-based policy or urban myth?; Introduction
Theoretical considerations
This book draws together a range of case studies by international experts to assess the impacts of social mix policies and the degree to which they might represent gentrification by stealth.
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Gentrification.
Group identity.
Social integration.
Education
Social Welfare & Social Work
Social Sciences
Theory & Practice of Education
Social Welfare & Social Work - General
Sociology & Social History
Social Change