The Commodification Gap: Gentrification and Public Policy in London, Berlin and St. Petersburg

By Matthias Bernt

Book Overview

In The Commodification Gap: Gentrification and Public Policy in London, Berlin and St. Petersburg, distinguished sociologist and political scientist Matthias Bernt delivers an insightful institutionalist perspective on the field of gentrification studies.

Explores the root causes and consequences of gentrification in the UK, Germany and Russia Demonstrates how different institutional arrangements have resulted in the facilitation, deceleration, or alteration of gentrification across time and place Based on empirical studies conducted in Great Britain, Germany and Russia and contains one of the first-ever English language discussions of gentrification in Germany and Russia Examines the limits of the popular rent-gap theory and proposes the novel concept of the commodification gap Reveals how different institutional contexts in the UK, Germany, and Russia, have framed the conditions for these gaps to enable gentrification

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1119603056
• ISBN13: 9781119603054
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 272 Pages