Defensive Development
The Role of Racial Conflict in Gentrification
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6404154 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michelle Boyd (University of Illinois Chicago, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 751-776 |
| Publication date | 2008-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Urban Affairs Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1078-0874 • E-ISSN: 1552-8332 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1078087407313581 |
| OpenAlex | W2070062272 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 55 |
| References cited | 29 |
This article expands the standard consumption versus production debate in the gentrification literature by examining the role of racial conflict in neighborhood change. Drawing from historical and ethnographic research, it analyzes gentrification in Douglas/Grand Boulevard, a Black community on Chicago's South Side. It argues that although capital movements and middle-class consumption patterns created opportunities for gentrification, racial ordering politicized it, prompting Blacks to engage in what the author terms defensive development. This strategy aims to protect Black neighborhoods from control by White elites. Yet it ultimately promotes gentrification by politically and physically marginalizing the neighborhood's most economically vulnerable residents
Archaeology · Boulevard · Capital (architecture · Consumption (sociology · Criminology · Development economics · Economic geography · Economic growth · Economics · Ethnography · Gentrification · Geography · Political economy · Political science · Race (biology · Social science · Sociology · White (mutation · Anthropology · Gender Studies · Urban Planning and Governance · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies · Urbanization and City Planning
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| Unique citing works | 55 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3,67 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2026 (16) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 55 |