ABSTRACT
The expulsion of poor citizens from urban neighbourhoods raises concerns not only about the social but also the political consequences of gentrification. The social decomposition of neighbourhoods questions the existing boundaries of inclusion that are seen as necessary for the constitution of community. This chapter argues that gentrification has short- and long-term effects with regard to the basic preconditions of urban citizenship. While it has to be conceived as an altered comprehension of who has which rights in a city, the process itself leads to an intensified boundary of exclusion and the erosion of citizenship in general.
