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Eleven Social mixing as a cure for negative neighbourhood effects: evidence-based policy or urban myth?
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David Manley
Abstract
This chapter begins by outlining the rhetoric of neighbourhood social mix and then turns to critique this through quantitative research that investigates the effect of different levels of neighbourhood housing tenure mix on transitions from unemployment to employment, and the probability of staying in employment for those with a job. It uses individual-level data from the Scottish Longitudinal Study, a 5.3% sample of the Scottish population, covering a 10-year period. The findings are that the characteristics of direct neighbours and those living in neighbouring streets are more important than the characteristics of the wider neighbourhood. They find long-lasting negative effects of living in deprived neighbourhoods, but only a small, if significant, benefit of living in mixed tenure (40–80% social housing) streets and blocks for the unemployed.
Abstract
This chapter begins by outlining the rhetoric of neighbourhood social mix and then turns to critique this through quantitative research that investigates the effect of different levels of neighbourhood housing tenure mix on transitions from unemployment to employment, and the probability of staying in employment for those with a job. It uses individual-level data from the Scottish Longitudinal Study, a 5.3% sample of the Scottish population, covering a 10-year period. The findings are that the characteristics of direct neighbours and those living in neighbouring streets are more important than the characteristics of the wider neighbourhood. They find long-lasting negative effects of living in deprived neighbourhoods, but only a small, if significant, benefit of living in mixed tenure (40–80% social housing) streets and blocks for the unemployed.
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents iii
- List of tables, figures and photographs v
- Acknowledgements vii
- Notes on contributors viii
- Introduction: gentrification, social mix/ing and mixed communities 1
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Reflections on social mix policy
- Why do birds of a feather flock together? Social mix and social welfare: a quantitative appraisal 17
- Social mix and urban policy 25
- Mixed communities and urban policy: reflections from the UK 35
- Gentrification without social mixing in the rapidly urbanising world of Australasia 43
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Social mix in liberal and neoliberal times
- Social mixing and the historical geography of gentrification 53
- Social mix and encounter capacity – a pragmatic social model for a new downtown: the example of HafenCity Hamburg 69
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Social mix policies and gentrification
- Mixed-income schools and housing policy in Chicago: a critical examination of the gentrification/education/‘racial’ exclusion nexus 95
- Social mix as the aim of a controlled gentrification process: the example of the Goutte d’Or district in Paris 115
- Beware the Trojan horse: social mix constructions in Melbourne 133
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The rhetoric and reality of social mix policies
- Social mixing as a cure for negative neighbourhood effects: evidence-based policy or urban myth? 151
- Meanings, politics and realities of social mix and gentrification – a view from Brussels 169
- ‘Regeneration’ in interesting times: a story of privatisation and gentrification in a peripheral Scottish city 185
- HOPE VI: calling for modesty in its claims 209
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Experiencing social mix
- The impossibility of gentrification and social mixing 233
- Not the only power in town? Challenging binaries and bringing the working class into gentrification research 251
- From social mix to political marginalisation? The redevelopment of Toronto’s public housing and the dilution of tenant organisational power 273
- Mixture without mating: partial gentrification in the case of Rotterdam, the Netherlands 299
- Afterword 319
- References 323
- Index 365
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents iii
- List of tables, figures and photographs v
- Acknowledgements vii
- Notes on contributors viii
- Introduction: gentrification, social mix/ing and mixed communities 1
-
Reflections on social mix policy
- Why do birds of a feather flock together? Social mix and social welfare: a quantitative appraisal 17
- Social mix and urban policy 25
- Mixed communities and urban policy: reflections from the UK 35
- Gentrification without social mixing in the rapidly urbanising world of Australasia 43
-
Social mix in liberal and neoliberal times
- Social mixing and the historical geography of gentrification 53
- Social mix and encounter capacity – a pragmatic social model for a new downtown: the example of HafenCity Hamburg 69
-
Social mix policies and gentrification
- Mixed-income schools and housing policy in Chicago: a critical examination of the gentrification/education/‘racial’ exclusion nexus 95
- Social mix as the aim of a controlled gentrification process: the example of the Goutte d’Or district in Paris 115
- Beware the Trojan horse: social mix constructions in Melbourne 133
-
The rhetoric and reality of social mix policies
- Social mixing as a cure for negative neighbourhood effects: evidence-based policy or urban myth? 151
- Meanings, politics and realities of social mix and gentrification – a view from Brussels 169
- ‘Regeneration’ in interesting times: a story of privatisation and gentrification in a peripheral Scottish city 185
- HOPE VI: calling for modesty in its claims 209
-
Experiencing social mix
- The impossibility of gentrification and social mixing 233
- Not the only power in town? Challenging binaries and bringing the working class into gentrification research 251
- From social mix to political marginalisation? The redevelopment of Toronto’s public housing and the dilution of tenant organisational power 273
- Mixture without mating: partial gentrification in the case of Rotterdam, the Netherlands 299
- Afterword 319
- References 323
- Index 365
