SMITH, NEIL / WILLIAMS, PETER
This book seeks to present alternatives to the mainstream discussions of gentrification. It does not present a single coherent vision of the causes, effects and experiences of gentrification, but number of different views that do not always coincide. What the authors have in common is the attempet to escape a naive empiricism which has dominated much mainstream research, as well as the conviction that questions of social class lie at the heart of this issue. With one exception, the chapters are original, unpublished contributions.