Everyday Life in the Gentrifying City

Tone Huse is Research Fellow in the the Department of Sociology, Political Science and Community Planning at the University of Tromsø, Norway.

’Tone Huse does something rarely accomplished in gentrification research: the inclusion of the voices of those for whom urban redevelopment spells severe disruption to treasured ways of life.This sensitive and insightful ethnographic study demonstrates that our research, and our cities, are better for remembering those who are too frequently ignored.’ Steve Herbert, University of Washington, USA ’Gentrification comes in many flavours, and Tone Huse’s sensitive and vivid biography of a street in eastern Oslo captures a broad range of current and recent processes of change in the urban landscape, from the impact of global neoliberalism to the new ethnic diversity. Written with verve and gusto, this book offers an unusual, attractive and compelling perspective on urban transformations in Western Europe.’ Thomas Hylland Eriksen, University of Oslo, Norway

• Preface; Introduction; Renewal and eviction; Little Pakistan; The win-win myth; Birds of a feather attend school together?; The new GrA,nland; The art spectacle; Unrest and fear; Minorities in the city; From TA,yen Street; Bibliography; Index.