Previous literature demonstrates that when street‐level bureaucrats believe that the policy
as designed is not desirable, they utilize various strategies to change the situation. This …

Research in the neighborhood effects tradition has primarily concerned itself with
understanding the consequences of growing up in high-poverty neighborhoods. In recent …

London's council estates and their residents are under threat like never before. Council
tenants are being forced out of their homes due to estate renewal, welfare reforms, poverty …

Gentrification is characterized as a spatial manifestation of economic inequality. An
unsettled debate about gentrification is the extent to which it is also marked by distinct …

Despite extensive literature on the nature and impact of gentrification, there has been little
consideration of the effects of gentrification on ethnic neighbourhoods. This study evaluates …

This paper explores the mechanisms, processes, and dynamics of participation and
deliberation in three newly created, mixed-income communities being built on the footprint of …

Policy makers tend to think that residential 'mixing'of classes and ethnic groups will enhance
social capital. Scholars criticize such 'mixing'on empirical and theoretical grounds. This …

In Parenting Empires, Ana Y. Ramos-Zayas focuses on the parenting practices of Latin
American urban elites to analyze how everyday experiences of whiteness, privilege, and …

In many US metropolitan areas, bicycle advocates have been breathing sighs of relief as
their elected officials join with them in fighting for bicycle facilities. No longer a battle …

This book brings together key insights from urban studies and network studies in order to
understand whether and how spatial segregation matters for personal networks and …