Friday, 13 September 2024, 5:46 AM
Site: Precarious Housing in Europe
Course: The PusH Learning Materials (General)
Glossary: Glossary
G
Geneva Refugee ConventionIntergovernmental
treaty of 1951 defining who should be granted refugee status, their rights and
states’ obligations in relation to the protection of refugees. |
GentrificationThe influx of middle-class people displacing lower-class worker residents in urban neighbourhoods. |
GhettoAn area where, as a consequence of racist forces within the dominant society (1), a particular ethnic or racial group forms (almost) the whole population (2) and where most members of that particular group are housed (3). |