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 …

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 …

This paper aims to address the oft-mentioned dearth of research on the suburbs by
examining processes of sociospatial segregation and middle-class disaffiliation in London's …

Urban sociologists are becoming increasingly interested in neighbourhood as a source of
middle-class identity. Par ticular emphasis is currently being given to two types of middle …

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 …

Recent years have seen a growing theoretical literature concerned with delineating the
politics of place. Drawing upon interviews conducted with a range of white residents in an …

This paper argues that shifts in access to housing–both in relation to rental and ownership–
disrupt middle‐class reproduction in ways that fundamentally influence class formation …

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 …

This article introduces performativity and processes of place-making into discussions about
middle-class residents' place attachments. It draws on interviews with middle-class residents …

How do the wealthiest inhabitants in one of the world's wealthiest cities engage with public
settings? Certainly, public concern about social and spatial divisions resulting from gross …