https://booksandideas.net// Books & Ideas is the English-language mirror website of La Vie des Idées, a free online journal which has gained a large readership and established itself in France as a major place for intellectual debate since 2007. en SPIP - www.spip.net https://booksandideas.net/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH68/siteon0-04014.png?1675949311 https://booksandideas.net// 68 144 https://booksandideas.net/Social-Mix-Control-and-Gentrification https://booksandideas.net/Social-Mix-Control-and-Gentrification 2016-05-19T07:44:31Z text/html en Matthieu Giroud city town planning diversity Institut français <p>Public policies often encourage gentrification in the name of social mix, among other arguments. In urban research, however, this type of discourse is the subject of intense criticism.</p> https://booksandideas.net/Towards-a-critical-approach-to https://booksandideas.net/Towards-a-critical-approach-to 2014-03-17T08:00:00Z text/html en Éric Charmes city trust redistribution ghetto diversity social bond Florence Gould Foundation <p>What if social mix was not always the best way to promote equality and social justice? Éric Charmes argues in favour of a pragmatic approach to diversity, and is not afraid of challenging some of our most deep-seated ideas about education, housing or urban policy. But how can we live together if public spaces are being increasingly restricted? Let the debate begin.</p> https://booksandideas.net/Urban-Policy-in-France-and-Great-2359 https://booksandideas.net/Urban-Policy-in-France-and-Great-2359 2013-07-04T07:00:00Z text/html en Renaud Epstein Society France Great Britain inequalities city diversity Florence Gould Foundation <p>During the first decade of the 2000s, urban policy in France and Great Britain was granted unprecedented budgetary and political support, exceeding, at last, the token sums it had previously received. At present, it is possible to compare the results of the policies pursued in both countries.</p> https://booksandideas.net/Gated-Communities-Ghettos-for-the https://booksandideas.net/Gated-Communities-Ghettos-for-the 2012-10-01T07:00:07Z text/html en Éric Charmes Society city ghetto diversity <p>Gated communities are usually portrayed as ghettos in which the rich choose to seclude themselves out of fear of others and an exacerbated desire for security. According to Eric Charmes, this assessment ought to be more nuanced: many of the criticisms directed at gated communities are ill founded.</p>