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If public housing didn't exist, we'd have to invent it / Sarah Glynn -- Neoliberalism's home front / Sarah Glynn -- Regeneration as a Trojan horse / Sarah Glynn -- From popular capitalism to third-way modernisation : the example of Leeds, England / Stuart Hodkinson -- Getting rid of the ugly bits : the myth and reality of regeneration in Dundee, Scotland / Sarah Glynn -- The politics of housing under France's new right / Corinne Nativel -- Circumventing circumscribed neoliberalism : the 'system switch' in Swedish housing / Eric Clark and Karin Johnson -- Market rules : neoliberal housing policy in New Zealand / Laurence Murphy -- Going once, going twice : a short history of public housing in Australia / Peter Phibbs and Peter Young -- Destroyed by HOPE : public housing, neoliberalism and progressive housing activism in the US / Jason Hackworth -- Political marginalisation, misguided nationalism and the destruction of Canada's social housing systems / Jason Hackworth -- Fighting back : lessons from 100 years of housing campaigns / Sarah Glynn -- Homes for today and tomorrow / Sarah Glynn

This article takes a critical look at the exploitation of difference and at the impact of political forces of various kinds on ethnic segregation. It examines both external forces and forces from within 'communities' themselves through the case history of Bengali settlement in the East End of London. It assesses the different, though interacting, roles of immigration legislation and resource allocation, community and separatist politics, populism and multiculturalism, and brings the story up to date with an account of the incorporation of faith groups in local governance and of the wooing of the Muslim vote in the context of 'the war on terror'. This understanding is presented as a necessary first step in combating ethnic division and focusing instead on social equality for all ethnicities.

Encouraging neighbourhood social mix has been a major goal of urban policy and planning in a number of different countries. This book draws together a range of case studies by international experts to assess the impacts of social mix policies and the degree to which they might represent gentrification by stealth. The contributions consider the range of social mix initiatives in different countries across the globe and their relationship to wider social, economic and urban change. The book combines understandings of social mix from the perspectives of researchers, policy makers and planners and the residents of the communities themselves. Mixed Communities also draws out more general lessons from these international comparisons - theoretically, empirically and for urban policy. It will be highly relevant for urban researchers and students, policy makers and practitioners alike