What is it about?
Three issues related to gentrification’s global reach are discussed in this paper. The first is the simplified definition of gentrification. The second is the question of the ill-defined contextual boundaries where gentrification process may develop, and the third is the reification of cultural differences as parameters and explanatory variables of its development. The paper concludes that the different waves of gentrification in the Anglophone world do not necessarily provide the script for understanding other cities’ dynamics and restructuring processes.
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Why is it important?
being precise about the content of urban regeneration processes makes the account politically relevant
Perspectives
This article is a response to critical comments addressed to positions I defended in a previous paper where I criticised the use of gentrification as a concept covering any type of urban renewal
Thomas Maloutas
Harokopio University
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This page is a summary of: Travelling concepts and universal particularisms: A reappraisal of gentrification’s global reach, European Urban and Regional Studies, May 2017, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/0969776417709547.
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