Gentrifier
by John Joe Schlichtman, Jason Patch, and Marc Lamont Hill
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Pub Date May 16 2017 | Archive Date May 17 2017
Description
As urban job prospects change to reflect a more ‘creative’ economy and the desire for a particular form of ‘urban living’ continues to grow, so too does the migration of young people to cities. Gentrification and gentrifiers are often understood as ‘dirty’ words, ideas discussed at a veiled distance. Gentrifiers, in particular, are usually a ‘they.’
Gentrifier demystifies the idea of gentrification by opening a conversation that links the theoretical and the grassroots, spanning the literature of urban sociology, geography, planning, policy, and more. Along with established research, new analytical tools, and contemporary anecdotes, John Joe Schlichtman, Jason Patch, and Marc Lamont Hill place their personal experiences as urbanists, academics, parents, and spouses at the centre of analysis. They expose raw conversations usually reserved for the privacy of people’s intimate social networks in order to complicate our understanding of the individual decisions behind urban living and the displacement of low-income residents. The authors’ accounts of living in New York City, San Diego, Chicago, Philadelphia, and Providence link economic, political, and sociocultural factors to challenge the readers’ current understanding of gentrification and their own roles within their neighbourhoods. A foreword by Peter Marcuse opens the volume.
John Joe Schlichtman is an associate professor in the Department of Sociology at DePaul University.
Jason Patch is an associate professor in the Department of Anthropology and Sociology at Roger Williams University.
Marc Lamont Hill is Distinguished Professor of African American Studies at Morehouse College.
Peter Marcuse is a German-American lawyer and Professor Emeritus of Urban Planning at Columbia University. Marcuse holds a JD from Yale Law School and a PhD from UC Berkeley in City and Regional Planning.
Advance Praise
“Gentrifier does a masterful job of explaining, unpacking, and grounding the key analytical concepts that underpin debates on gentrification. In clear, readable, and entertaining prose, John Joe Schlichtman, Jason Patch and Marc Lamont Hill make gentrification more tangible and relevant as an important social topic worthy of rigorous and careful understanding.”
John L. Jackson, Jr., Richard Perry University Professor and Dean of the School of Social Policy & Practice, University of Pennsylvania
“John Joe Schlichtman, Jason Patch and Marc Lamont Hill clearly engage in the theoretical and policy debates surrounding gentrification while offering very smart analyses of their own narratives. There is a lot out there on gentrification but Gentrifier is most definitely fresh!
Mary Pattillo, Harold Washington Professor of Sociology and African American Studies, Northwestern University
“Gentrifier is going to cause controversy in the scholarly debate on gentrification, but that controversial debate needs to happen. Gentrification has become polarized and the current scholarly debate is not helping broader public discourse and policy debates about our cities. This book is written accessibly and an utter joy to read.”
Dr Peter Matthews, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Stirling
“Gentrifier is the sort of book that vintage, pre-Kardashian Kanye West might have written had he had a PhD in urban policy, supplying it with an irresistible hook: "We're all gentrifiers, I'm just the first to admit it." Schlichtman, Patch and Hill help us shelve what we thought we knew about gentrification, and give us instead a brutally honest reckoning with the ills, conveniences and virtues -- but especially the consequences on the vulnerable -- of gentrification. They ably wrestle with a characteristic facet of modern existence, rescuing the term from automatic demonization while never once letting it off the hook for the damage it can do.”
Michael Eric Dyson, author of Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America
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- Academic journals
Available Editions
| EDITION | Hardcover |
| ISBN | 9781442650459 |
| PRICE | CA$29.95 (CAD) |
