The issue of “housing” has generally not been granted an important role in post-war political
economy. Housing-as-policy has been the preserve of social policy analysis and of a …

Beirut is a city divided. Following the Green Line of the civil war, dividing the Christian east
and the Muslim west, today hundreds of such lines dissect the city. For the residents of …

During the last twenty-five years, housing policy in Sweden has radically changed. Once
forming a pillar of the comprehensive welfare system, abbreviated the “Swedish model,” …

Structural racism in the form of racial residential segregation and the series of laws, policies,
and practices that continue to reinforce it have robbed generations of African Americans of …

This paper is guided by the question: How do illicit practices of organized groups contribute
to the formation and reproduction of disadvantaged neighbourhoods in Czechia? By asking …

The rent gap theory, a consistent explanation of gentrification in inner‐city spaces, sees a
growing disparity between capitalized ground rent (CGR) and potential ground rent (PGR) …

Studies of crime hot spots have argued that landlords' management styles, specifically their
tenant screening and property monitoring techniques, affect crime. These studies, however …

Utilizing research from the US, Italy, and the Netherlands, Place, Exclusion and Mortgage
Markets presents an in depth examination of the practice of redlining and the broader …

Despite decades of research into social disorganization theory, criminologists have made
little progress developing community programs that reduce crime. The lack of progress is …

Sociological accounts of urban disinvestment processes rarely assess how landlords'
variable investment strategies may be facilitated or constrained by the legal environment …