Academics largely define gentrification based on changes in the class demographics of
neighborhood residents from predominately low-income to middle-class. This ignores that …

This paper employs racial capitalism as a framework for understanding the urban process.
The purpose of this paper is two-fold:(1) to center the racial character of the urban process …

Social scientists have long debated whether racial inequality is an unfortunate consequence
of political and economic exploitation or a core feature of capitalism. In 1983, Cedric …

Focusing on LA, we show that 1) socioeconomic inequality in LA has increasingly emerged
since the 1970s along two axes, Black-Latino and White-Asian, and that 2) the structure of …

The public housing program was designed as a stepping-stone into upward socioeconomic
mobility when the first developments were constructed for White and Black households in …

Another issue is urban sociology's particular emphasis on methods. Two of the field's most
prominent bodies of scholarship—urban ethnography and neighborhood effects—make …

In response to the difficulties refugees face in finding housing, Berlin's government has
developed new housing-like shelters that offer longer-term accommodation. Drawing on …

Are the adverse consequences of gentrification distributed more along racial or class lines?
To answer this question, scholars must consider when and where racially dominant groups …

For over a century, a critical point raised in urban scholarship has been the importance of
place. Whether scholars are talking about a large metropolitan region, a neighborhood or a …