It’s the state, stupid: 21st gentrification and state-led evictions

Sociological Research Online

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Paton, Kirsteen ^a   Cooper, Vickie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Displacement; Evictions; Gentrification; Housing; The state; Welfare reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986301049     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13607804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5153/sro.4064     Document Type: Article

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