Gentrifiers and attitudes towards agency: A new typology. Evidence from Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Israel

Merav Kaddar

Urban Studies, 2020, vol. 57, issue 6, 1243-1259

Abstract: This article offers a new typology (and therefore understanding) of gentrifiers, dividing them into four ideal types: Shruggers, Agonisers, Upgraders and Activists. Based on 32 in-depth interviews and focusing on the political aspect of gentrifiers’ behaviour, namely their agency, the article suggests that gentrifiers’ attitudes towards agency are affected by two main factors: their sense of efficacy, and their interest in remedying the allegedly negative political and urban outcomes of gentrification. These two factors yield the above-mentioned four ideal types of agency among gentrifiers. In addition, I find that the duration of their residence in the neighbourhood moderates gentrifiers’ attitudes and perceptions, thus affecting their behaviour.

Keywords: agency; displacement; gentrification; moral motivation; neighbourhood; politics; theory; 自主性; 驱é€; 绅士化; é “å¾·åŠ¨æœº; 街区; 政治; ç †è®º (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1177/0042098020904252

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