In this article, we consider briefly some of the arguments advanced by Tom Slater and others
about the direction taken by gentrification research and, in particular, the arguments that the …

In this paper I argue that gentrification, despite the many arguments over its continuing
validity as a concept, retains its key importance in understanding processes of class change …

This paper reviews the debates over the explanation of gentrification and argues that
gentrification is best explained as the social and spatial manifestation of the transition from …

This essay argues that Tom Slater's article makes several important points regarding what
he rightly suggests is the disappearance of a critical edge from much of the recent …

In this chapter, we argue for the need to carefully scrutinize the models of class that underlie
understandings of gentrification and how they are mobilized, while also introducing more …

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 …

This paper is a commentary and response to Anne Clerval's paper Gentrification and social
classes in Paris, 1982–2008, which is published in this volume. While agreeing with many of …

Scholarly interest in gentrification stems largely from the impact that changes affecting social
classes have on the urban scene. Of particular concern is the growth of what has been …

Gentrification is generally defined as the class-based transformation of urban spaces (Lees
et al. 2008). Although class is indeed central, gentrification is also the spatial manifestation …

Gentrification is now global. It is no longer confined to western cities. Processes of
neighbourhood change and colonisation represented by an increasing concentration of the …