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      THE COMMODIFICATION GAP

      Gentrification and Public Policy in London, Berlin and St Petersburg

       MATTHIAS BERNT

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      Name: Bernt, Matthias, author.

      Title: The commodification gap : gentrification and public policy in London, Berlin and St. Petersburg / Matthias Bernt.

      Description: Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, 2022. | Series: IJURR‐SUSC | Includes bibliographical references and index.

      Identifiers: LCCN 2021059922 (print) | LCCN 2021059923 (ebook) | ISBN 9781119603047 (cloth) | ISBN 9781119603054 (paperback) | ISBN 9781119603085 (adobe pdf) | ISBN 9781119603078 (epub)

      Subjects: LCSH: Gentrification–England–London. | Gentrification–Germany–Berlin. | Gentrification–Russia (Federation–Saint Petersburg.

      Classification: LCC HT170 .B47 2022 (print) | LCC HT170 (ebook) | DDC 307.3/416–dc23/eng/20211217

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      List of Figures

        1.1: Types of comparison

        1.2: The relationship of abstraction and empirical observation in this study

        1.3: The relation of institutions, reinvestment, displacement and gentrification

        2.1: The evolution of the rent gap

        3.1: Homeowner protesting mortgage increases due to currency inflation

        3.2: Diagram of state interventions in the housing sector