Table of Contents

Part One: Introducing resilience in the post-welfare inner city: conceptual and methodological considerations;
Introduction;
Resilience and residualism;
The voluntary sector within the post-welfare city;
Part Two: Case studies: spatial and social resilience in London, Los Angeles and Sydney;
National and local settlements: London, UK; Los Angeles, US; and Sydney, Australia;
Established gentrified place-types;
Mixed place-types;
Pioneer gentrified place-types;
Immigrant enclaves;
Comparative analysis and summary;
Part Three: Conclusions, critical resilience, commons and austerity;
The critical resilience of the residuals;
Here, now: recasting service hubs in an age of austerity.

About the Author

Geoffrey DeVerteuil is currently senior lecturer at Cardiff University. His research focuses on vulnerable populations and the welfare state and voluntary sector’s role in managing the consequences of extreme inequality. As a social geographer of health, he has examined the shifting geographies of mental health care and the challenges in sustaining therapeutic landscapes within marginalised spaces of the city.

Reviews

"DeVerteuil demonstrates well the complex interplay of public, private and voluntary sectors across the three city regions studied and offers real insight around the varied strategies that have enabled VSOs' survival." Antipode "Makes a vital contribution to a wider search for a more realistic understanding of what is really happening on the ground of key urban governance and policy realms" - Voluntas "The siege on the welfare state has destroyed most collective consumption institutions, yet voluntary organisations survive in the global city. DeVerteuil's excellent analysis shows us how - and why it matters." Elvin Wyly, The University of British Columbia, Canada