Housing Displacement: Conceptual and Methodological Issues

This book explores the reasons, processes, and consequences of housing displacement in different geographical contexts, emphasizing the need to look beyond gentrification literature to understand the socio-spatial change in the city. It also demonstrates how expulsion has become a vital component of contemporary advanced capitalism and how a focus on gentrification has hindered the study of displacement and poor cleansing.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 226 pages
Publication date: 29 April 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This comprehensive book delves into the intricate reasons, processes, and far-reaching consequences of housing displacement across diverse geographical contexts. It views displacement as a fundamental act of housing injustice, a central issue in urban injustices. Drawing from international case studies spanning the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, India, Spain, Denmark, Sweden, and Hungary, the book uncovers the rich diversity and evolving nature of housing displacement processes that have been overlooked in the literature. It emphasizes the importance of shifting the focus beyond the existing rich gentrification discourse to prioritize research on displacement processes to understand the socio-spatial transformations occurring in cities.

While studying displacement presents significant empirical and methodological challenges, it sheds light on the unjust nature of gentrification and the unjust housing policies that prevail in cities and neighborhoods that are not experiencing gentrification. Moreover, the book demonstrates how expulsion, although under-researched, has become a crucial component of contemporary advanced capitalism, and how a narrow focus on gentrification has hindered a deeper exploration of its counterpart, displacement, as well as the study of poor cleansing from a long-term historical perspective.

This book provides interdisciplinary insights into housing displacement for academics and researchers in urban studies, housing, citizenship, and migration studies. It offers valuable perspectives on housing policies and governance practices at the urban scale, contributing to a more comprehensive understanding of the complex dynamics shaping our cities and communities.

Weight: 420g
Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367564537