ABSTRACT

‘Social mixing’ is a core component of European and North American urban regeneration policies. Policies of social mixing are employed in socio-economically and ethnically or racially segregated areas and aim to make the population more mixed in terms of socio-economic status and ethnic or racial background. This chapter discusses, first, the origins and development of mixing policies; second, the aims of social mixing; and third, the various strategies that have been employed in different countries to achieve greater spatial and social mixing. The chapter concludes with a brief discussion of critical views on the effects and effectiveness of social mixing and possible future directions for policy and research.