Numerous authors have asserted that globalisation and occupational changes associated with post-Fordist economic restructuring have led to a growth in intraurban social disparity and even polarisation. This hypothesis is most consistently articulated in the literature on global cities. However,...

Gentrification in the form of ‘neighbourhood revitalization’ is increasingly touted as one way of decreasing the social exclusion of residents of poor inner-city neighbourhoods and of increasing levels of social mix and social interaction between different classes and ethnic groups. Yet, the...