City Form and Everyday Life – Toronto`s Gentrification and Critical Social Prac…

City Form and Everyday LifeToronto's Gentrification and Critical Social Practice\nAuthor(s): Jon Caulfield\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Toronto Press, Canada\nImprint: University of Toronto Press\nISBN-13: 9780802074485, 978-0802074485\nSynopsis\nOne feature of contemporary urban life has been the widespread transformation, by middle-class resettlement, of older inner-city neighbourhoods formerly occupied by working-class and underclass communities. Often termed gentrification, this process has been a focus of intense debate in urban study and in the social sciences.\n\n This case study explores processes of change in Toronto's inner neighbourhoods in recent decades, integrating an understanding of political economy with an appreciation of the culture of everyday urban life. The author locates Toronto's gentrification in a context of both global and local patterns of contemporary city-building, focusing on the workings of the property industry and of the local state, .