A Response to ‘The Eviction of Critical Perspectives from Gentrification Research’

Kate Shaw

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 2008, vol. 32, issue 1, 192-194

Abstract: Abstract This short essay supports Tom Slater's argument that displacement has been decoupled from gentrification in the recent literature and that this has contributed to de‐politicized analyses of urban change. It also observes that meanings of gentrification have evolved to include the production of space for middle‐class consumption that does not involve direct displacement. The essay argues that these developments do not negate the fundamental class character of gentrification. On the contrary, it suggests that pointedly neoliberal urban policies and increasingly exclusive housing markets and ‘public’ spaces are re‐politicizing public debates. Résumé Ce court article soutient le propos de Tom Slater sur le fait que le déplacement a été dissocié de la ‘gentrification’ dans les publications récentes, participant ainsi à des analyses du changement urbain dépolitisées. On observe que les significations de la ‘gentrification’ ont évolué pour inclure la production d'espace à consommer par les classes moyennes qui n'implique pas de déplacement direct. Ces évolutions ne renient pas le caractère de classe fondamental de la ‘gentrification’. En revanche, les politiques urbaines ostensiblement néolibérales, de même que les marchés du logement et les espaces ‘publics’ de plus en plus exclusifs, sont en train de re‐politiser les débats publics.

Date: 2008
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