Review article
https://doi.org/10.5673/sip.56.2.1
Contribution of Pierre Bourdieu’s Theory to the Analysis of the Process of Gentrification
Vera Backović
; University of Belgrade, Faculty of Philosophy, Serbia
Abstract
The paper examines the possible application of Bourdieu’s complex theory to the analysis of
the gentrification process. The gentrification process changes the appearance and purpose of
urban structures in the city core, which is followed by the changes of social characteristics of
the people these structures are intended for. There are two types of gentrification: pioneer
gentrification and profitable gentrification.
The occurrence, expansion and modification of the gentrification process can be explained
as the result of the interaction of social fields. Gentrification could be seen as a process of
distinction and then Bourdieu’s class analysis determines the gentrifiers’ class affiliation and
recognizes their inner differentiation as well. In the paper special attention is paid to the role
different types of capital (cultural, economic, social and symbolic) play in the process of
gentrification.
Keywords
pioneer gentrification; profitable gentrification; life style; cultural capital; economic capital
Hrčak ID:
201345
URI
Publication date:
15.6.2018.
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