Chris Hamnett is Emeritus Professor of Geography, King's College London and Visiting Professor in Department of Urban Planning, School of Public Policy, Renmin University of China, Beijing
Acknowledgements Part I. Introduction: Geography Matters Doreen Massey: 1. A history of nature Mi... more Acknowledgements Part I. Introduction: Geography Matters Doreen Massey: 1. A history of nature Mick Gold 2. The societal conception of space Robert Sack Part II. Introduction: Analysis: Aspects of the Geography of Society John Allen: 3. 'There's no place like ...': cultures of difference John Clarke 4. The spaced out urban economy Michael Ball 5. Jurisdictional conflicts, international law and the international state system Sol Picciotto Part III. Introduction: Synthesis: Interdependence and the Uniqueness of Place John Allen: 6. The re-structuring of a local economy: the case of Lancaster Linda Murgatroyd and John Urry 7. A woman's place? Linda McDowell and Doreen Massey 8. The laissez-faire approach to international labor migration: the case of the Arab Middle East Alan Richards and Philip L. Martin Part IV. Introduction: geography and Society Doreen Massey: 9. The nation-state in western Europe: erosion from 'above' and 'below'? Martin Kolinsky 10. Environmental futures Francis Sandbach Index.
Preface PART ONE: HOUSING MARKETS - Kenneth Gibb Understanding Housing Markets: Real Progress or ... more Preface PART ONE: HOUSING MARKETS - Kenneth Gibb Understanding Housing Markets: Real Progress or Stalled Agendas? - Duncan MacLennan House-Building and Housing Supply - Michael Ball Housing Behaviour - Maarten van Ham Residential Mobility and the Housing Market - William A.V. Clark Neighbourhoods and Their Role in Creating and Changing Housing - George Galster PART TWO: APPROACHES - David Clapham The Neo-Liberal Legacy to Housing Research - Christine M. E. Whitehead Institutional Economics - Kenneth Gibb Social Geographic Interpretations of Housing Spaces - Tim Butler and Chris Hamnett Social Policy Approaches to Housing Research - David Clapham Social Constructionism and beyond in Housing Research - David Clapham A Review of Structurally Inspired Approaches in Housing Studies: Concepts, Contributions and Future Perspectives - Julie Lawson Housing Politics and Political Science - Bo Bengtsson People: Environment Studies - Roderick Lawrence PART THREE: CONTEXT - William A. V. Clark Housing and the Economy - Geoffrey Meen Housing and Welfare Regimes - Walter Matznetter and Alexis Mundt Housing Markets, the Life Course and Migration up and down the Urban Hierarchy - Christopher Bitter and David A. Plane Housing and Social Life - Ray Forrest Housing: From Low Energy to Zero Carbon - Phillip Jones PART FOUR: POLICY ISSUES - Kenneth Gibb Homelessness - Suzanne Fitzpatrick Affordable Housing - Chris Leishman and Steven Rowley Housing Subsidies - Judith Yates Ethnic Residential Segregation: Reflections on Concepts, Levels and Effects - Sako Musterd Social Consequences of Residential Segregation and Mixed Neighbourhoods - Ronald van Kempen and Gideon Bolt Managing Social Housing - Hugo Priemus Conclusion - David Clapham
This paper is a response to the paper by Manley and Johnston (2014, “London: A Dividing City, 200... more This paper is a response to the paper by Manley and Johnston (2014, “London: A Dividing City, 2001–11?” City 18 (6): 633–643) which analyzed occupational class change in London 2001–14. While it queries some of their classifications, the census data show that middle class growth seems to have stalled in proportionate though not in absolute terms from 2001–11. However, this does not fundamentally challenge Hamnett and Butler's thesis that the middle classes, upper and lower, have grown substantially in London over the last 50 years as a result of changes in industrial and occupational structure. The paper discusses some of the possible reasons for changes in the last decade and reiterates the importance of using census data as a tool for the analysis of urban social change.
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 2013
ABSTRACT In this article we draw on Peter Marcuse's discussion of different types of disp... more ABSTRACT In this article we draw on Peter Marcuse's discussion of different types of displacement using evidence from a recent study we conducted in East London to argue that there is clear evidence of ‘exclusionary displacement’ and ‘displacement pressure’ in terms of education and specifically the choice of schooling. We show how the incoming middle classes in the Victoria Park area of inner East London have displaced not only existing poor residents but also many of the less affluent middle class from the favoured state schools in the area by adopting some schools and avoiding others. The preferred schools are often praised to the heavens whilst the shunned schools are similarly disparaged and deemed unacceptable. We suggest that it is this middle-class dichotomization of schooling which accounts for the kind of educational displacement we have observed. The main form that this takes is direct exclusionary displacement when middle-class pressure on favoured schools leads to local people being unable to get their children into them — normally because of ‘distance from school’ selection criteria.
ABSTRACT In this paper we examine the role which distance, in a variety of forms, can play in the... more ABSTRACT In this paper we examine the role which distance, in a variety of forms, can play in the reproduction, intensification or reduction of educational inequality in different types of school systems in different countries. This is a very broad issue, and in the paper we examine the ways in which distance to school has emerged as an important factor in understanding the relationship between social and educational inequality in London. We begin by outlining a broad framework for examination of the importance of space and distance which looks at characteristics of schools, pupils and school allocational systems and how they combine in different situations. We then attempt to populate this schema by drawing on different specific examples linking to relevant national literatures.
In this paper we draw on three studies of social class change amongst the middle classes undertak... more In this paper we draw on three studies of social class change amongst the middle classes undertaken in London over the last 25 years to reflect on the changing values expressed by respondents to school choice. We argue that there has been a hardening of attitudes to school performance and a loss of middle-class autonomy towards schooling. Increasingly we note
Acknowledgements Part I. Introduction: Geography Matters Doreen Massey: 1. A history of nature Mi... more Acknowledgements Part I. Introduction: Geography Matters Doreen Massey: 1. A history of nature Mick Gold 2. The societal conception of space Robert Sack Part II. Introduction: Analysis: Aspects of the Geography of Society John Allen: 3. 'There's no place like ...': cultures of difference John Clarke 4. The spaced out urban economy Michael Ball 5. Jurisdictional conflicts, international law and the international state system Sol Picciotto Part III. Introduction: Synthesis: Interdependence and the Uniqueness of Place John Allen: 6. The re-structuring of a local economy: the case of Lancaster Linda Murgatroyd and John Urry 7. A woman's place? Linda McDowell and Doreen Massey 8. The laissez-faire approach to international labor migration: the case of the Arab Middle East Alan Richards and Philip L. Martin Part IV. Introduction: geography and Society Doreen Massey: 9. The nation-state in western Europe: erosion from 'above' and 'below'? Martin Kolinsky 10. Environmental futures Francis Sandbach Index.
Preface PART ONE: HOUSING MARKETS - Kenneth Gibb Understanding Housing Markets: Real Progress or ... more Preface PART ONE: HOUSING MARKETS - Kenneth Gibb Understanding Housing Markets: Real Progress or Stalled Agendas? - Duncan MacLennan House-Building and Housing Supply - Michael Ball Housing Behaviour - Maarten van Ham Residential Mobility and the Housing Market - William A.V. Clark Neighbourhoods and Their Role in Creating and Changing Housing - George Galster PART TWO: APPROACHES - David Clapham The Neo-Liberal Legacy to Housing Research - Christine M. E. Whitehead Institutional Economics - Kenneth Gibb Social Geographic Interpretations of Housing Spaces - Tim Butler and Chris Hamnett Social Policy Approaches to Housing Research - David Clapham Social Constructionism and beyond in Housing Research - David Clapham A Review of Structurally Inspired Approaches in Housing Studies: Concepts, Contributions and Future Perspectives - Julie Lawson Housing Politics and Political Science - Bo Bengtsson People: Environment Studies - Roderick Lawrence PART THREE: CONTEXT - William A. V. Clark Housing and the Economy - Geoffrey Meen Housing and Welfare Regimes - Walter Matznetter and Alexis Mundt Housing Markets, the Life Course and Migration up and down the Urban Hierarchy - Christopher Bitter and David A. Plane Housing and Social Life - Ray Forrest Housing: From Low Energy to Zero Carbon - Phillip Jones PART FOUR: POLICY ISSUES - Kenneth Gibb Homelessness - Suzanne Fitzpatrick Affordable Housing - Chris Leishman and Steven Rowley Housing Subsidies - Judith Yates Ethnic Residential Segregation: Reflections on Concepts, Levels and Effects - Sako Musterd Social Consequences of Residential Segregation and Mixed Neighbourhoods - Ronald van Kempen and Gideon Bolt Managing Social Housing - Hugo Priemus Conclusion - David Clapham
This paper is a response to the paper by Manley and Johnston (2014, “London: A Dividing City, 200... more This paper is a response to the paper by Manley and Johnston (2014, “London: A Dividing City, 2001–11?” City 18 (6): 633–643) which analyzed occupational class change in London 2001–14. While it queries some of their classifications, the census data show that middle class growth seems to have stalled in proportionate though not in absolute terms from 2001–11. However, this does not fundamentally challenge Hamnett and Butler's thesis that the middle classes, upper and lower, have grown substantially in London over the last 50 years as a result of changes in industrial and occupational structure. The paper discusses some of the possible reasons for changes in the last decade and reiterates the importance of using census data as a tool for the analysis of urban social change.
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 2013
ABSTRACT In this article we draw on Peter Marcuse's discussion of different types of disp... more ABSTRACT In this article we draw on Peter Marcuse's discussion of different types of displacement using evidence from a recent study we conducted in East London to argue that there is clear evidence of ‘exclusionary displacement’ and ‘displacement pressure’ in terms of education and specifically the choice of schooling. We show how the incoming middle classes in the Victoria Park area of inner East London have displaced not only existing poor residents but also many of the less affluent middle class from the favoured state schools in the area by adopting some schools and avoiding others. The preferred schools are often praised to the heavens whilst the shunned schools are similarly disparaged and deemed unacceptable. We suggest that it is this middle-class dichotomization of schooling which accounts for the kind of educational displacement we have observed. The main form that this takes is direct exclusionary displacement when middle-class pressure on favoured schools leads to local people being unable to get their children into them — normally because of ‘distance from school’ selection criteria.
ABSTRACT In this paper we examine the role which distance, in a variety of forms, can play in the... more ABSTRACT In this paper we examine the role which distance, in a variety of forms, can play in the reproduction, intensification or reduction of educational inequality in different types of school systems in different countries. This is a very broad issue, and in the paper we examine the ways in which distance to school has emerged as an important factor in understanding the relationship between social and educational inequality in London. We begin by outlining a broad framework for examination of the importance of space and distance which looks at characteristics of schools, pupils and school allocational systems and how they combine in different situations. We then attempt to populate this schema by drawing on different specific examples linking to relevant national literatures.
In this paper we draw on three studies of social class change amongst the middle classes undertak... more In this paper we draw on three studies of social class change amongst the middle classes undertaken in London over the last 25 years to reflect on the changing values expressed by respondents to school choice. We argue that there has been a hardening of attitudes to school performance and a loss of middle-class autonomy towards schooling. Increasingly we note
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