The paper advances the notion that there is 'metropolitan habitus' in large global cities such
as London which distinguishes it from other conurbations in the United Kingdom. At the …

In this article, a new approach is outlined to the gentrification of London which argues that it
is a diverse phenomenon. This reflects not merely contested explanations for gentrification …

The impact of the middle classes on the city has been a focus of considerable academic and
political attention, most recently concerning the spread of gentrification through cities across …

In this article we contrast the experience of middle‐class life in two areas of South London.
We hypothesize that different sections of the middle class will live in different areas. Whilst …

This article examines how middle‐class residents of an inner‐London neighbourhood draw
up socio‐spatial and symbolic boundaries between themselves and their 'others'. Through a …

My purpose in this paper is to provide a fuller account of the origins and nature of city-centre
living in Manchester, England, by emphasising its too-often neglected 'independent'and …

What factors lay behind the rehabilitation of central city districts across the world? Set
against the contexts of international transformations in a post-industrial postmodern society …

Cities and Cultures is an interdisciplinary book series addressing the inter relations between
cities and the cultures they produce. The series takes a special interest in the impact of …

Studies of gentrification in London have shown that some groups of middle-class people
have been attracted to poor and multi-ethnic areas of inner London in part because of their …

The last 15 years or so have witnessed much academic interest in the cultural aspects of
contemporary shifts in the structure of urban space. Alongside accounts of the economic …