Neoliberalization of Housing in Sweden: Gentrification, Filtering, and Social Polarization

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 443-463

  Hedin, Karin ^a   Clark, Eric ^a   Lundholm, Emma ^b   Malmberg, Gunnar ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

filtering; gentrification; housing policy; neoliberalism; Sweden

Indexed keywords

GENTRIFICATION; HOUSING CONDITIONS; HOUSING POLICY; LOW INCOME HOUSING; NEOLIBERALISM; POLICY REFORM; URBAN HOUSING; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

GOTEBORG; MALMO; SKANE; STOCKHOLM [STOCKHOLM (CNT)]; STOCKHOLM [SWEDEN]; SWEDEN; VASTRA GOTALAND;

EID: 84857932776     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00045608.2011.620508     Document Type: Article

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