Description
| Product ID: | 9781772126266 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Rights and the City |
| Subtitle: | Problems, Progress, and Practice |
| Authors: | Author: Sandeep Agrawal |
| Page Count: | 272 |
| Subjects: | Housing and homelessness, Housing & homelessness, Urban communities, Human rights, civil rights, Civics and citizenship, Urban and municipal planning and policy, Urban communities, Human rights, Civil rights & citizenship, Urban & municipal planning |
| Description: | Explores the challenges and opportunities for advancing human, Indigenous, housing, property, and various other forms of rights in the neoliberal city. Rights and the City takes stock of rights struggles and progress in cities by exploring the tensions that exist between different concepts of rights. Sandeep Agrawal and the volume’s contributors expose the paradoxes that planners and municipal governments face when attempting not only to combat discriminatory practices, but also advance a human rights agenda. The authors examine the legal, conceptual, and philosophical aspects of rights, including its various forms—human, Indigenous, housing, property rights, and various other forms of rights. Using empirical evidence and examples, they translate the philosophical and legal aspects of rights into more practical terms and applications. Regionally, the book draws on municipalities from across Canada while also making broad international comparisons. Scholars, policy makers, and activists with an interest in urban studies, planning, and law will find much of value throughout this volume. Afterword by Benjamin Davy.Contributors: Sandeep Agrawal, Rachelle Alterman, Sasha Best, Alexandra Flynn, Eran S. Kaplinsky, Ola P. Malik, Jennifer A. Orange, Michelle L. Oren, Renée Vaugeois. Afterword by Benjamin Davy |
| Imprint Name: | University of Alberta Press |
| Publisher Name: | University of Alberta Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2022-09-20 |
