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This chapter focuses on the North-Parisian neighborhood called La Goutte d’Or, an historical working-class neighborhood, which for more than a century has attracted migrants (Toubon and Massamah in Centralité immigrée. Le quartier de la Goutte d’Or, Paris. Ciemi/L’Harmattan, Paris, 1990). The media never misses a chance to confirm the “exceptionality” of this Parisian area, thereby giving it a stigmatized reputation that reinforces the idea of it as an insecure area in the need of “renovation.” A public urban policy (La Politique de la Ville) has focused on this area since the 1980s to improve local infrastructures and socioeconomic development. The arrival of middle-class residents has contributed to its evolution and has started a debate about gentrification. The latest urban renewal plan has selected higher status “future” residents and is trying to rebrand La Goutte d’Or as a more desirable residential location. This chapter aims to unpack the globalized concept of “gentrification” by questioning its limits in a local context.
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Palumbo, M.A. (2020). Pacifying La Goutte d’Or, Getting Paris More French: Grounding Gentrification in a Cosmopolitan Neighborhood. In: Krase, J., DeSena, J. (eds) Gentrification around the World, Volume I. Palgrave Studies in Urban Anthropology. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-41337-8_9
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