Gentrification, Education and Exclusionary Displacement in E ast L ondon

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ID7810344
AuthorsTim Butler (0000-0002-2219-4657, Department of Geography King's College London Strand London WC2R 2LS UK), Chris Hamnett (0000-0001-9944-5891, Department of Geography King's College London Strand London WC2R 2LS UK), Mark Ramsden (0000-0002-1994-0575, Kingston University), Mark J Ramsden (Department of Sociology and Social Policy Kingston University Kingston upon Thames Surrey UK)
Year2013
Volume37
Issue2
Pages556-575
Publication date2013-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0309-1317 • E-ISSN: 1468-2427
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/1468-2427.12001
OpenAlexW1947953001
LanguageEN
Citations received67
References cited26

In this article we draw on P eter M arcuse's discussion of different types of displacement using evidence from a recent study we conducted in East London to argue that there is clear evidence of ‘exclusionary displacement’ and ‘displacement pressure’ in terms of education and specifically the choice of schooling. We show how the incoming middle classes in the V ictoria P ark area of inner E ast L ondon have displaced not only existing poor residents but also many of the less affluent middle class from the favoured state schools in the area by adopting some schools and avoiding others. The preferred schools are often praised to the heavens whilst the shunned schools are similarly disparaged and deemed unacceptable. We suggest that it is this middle‐class dichotomization of schooling which accounts for the kind of educational displacement we have observed. The main form that this takes is direct exclusionary displacement when middle‐class pressure on favoured schools leads to local people being unable to get their children into them — normally because of ‘distance from school’ selection criteria

Economic growth · Economics · Gentrification · Mathematics education · Middle class · Political science · Sociology · Computer Science · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Law · Mathematics · Psychology · Urban Planning and Governance · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies

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