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James DeFilippis - Social Justice and the Immigrant City, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 2027

Social Justice and the Immigrant City

Av James DeFilippis

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This book asks the question how should we understand urban social justice in an immigrant society? Through an examination of the politics, conflicts, organizations, communities, and peoples of the borough of Queens in New York City, it shows how to understand, and fight for, social justice in a place that many theorists say should not be able to ask and answer questions of justice; a place that is home to millions of people who regularly prove those theorists wrong in their work and their lives. By detailing the efforts people and organizations undertake to realize more just urbanization processes in immigrant cities, the book provides a close examination of how different groups of immigrants share urban space. Finally, and most importantly, it provides a pathway forward for people, organizations, and institutions to construct a coherent political community in spaces shared by very diverse populations. The book will be of interest to students and scholars of urban planning, urban political science, urban sociology, urban geography, and urban anthropology; as well as community members interested in issues of social justice and immigration.
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James DeFilippis is a professor of urban planning at the Bloustein School at Rutgers University. He is the author or editor of six books and more than 50 articles and book chapters. He is a native of Flushing, Queens, and a founding member of the Western Queens Community Land Trust (WQCLT).

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"Powerfully informed by social theory, DeFilippis—himself an example of how diversity creates hybridity—brilliantly excavates how immigrant-driven diversity plays out in electoral politics, labor organizing, and land use decision-making, resulting in the refashioning the public realm in Queens."John Mollenkopf, Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Sociology, Graduate Center, City University of New York."DeFilippis crafts a compelling account of worker power, local organizing, and immigrant rights coalitions in 'hyper-diverse' Queens to offer a 'yes and' study of multiethnic, multiracial place-building. Without downplaying the existence of racial divisions and stratification, this book is hopeful in a time where hope feels expensive. With precision and personalized empathy, DeFilippis flattens nothing—instead urging us to attend to what shapes the process of justice for multiple and diverse publics."AJ Kim, Associate Professor of City Planning, School of Public Affairs, San Diego State University"This book invites researchers, community activists, and policymakers to rethink social inequality in contemporary American cities. Examined through the lens of racial capitalism, detailed case studies in Queens, New York demonstrate how political organizing that transcends cultural difference can improve immigrants’ access to political representation, municipal services, secure and safe jobs, and affordable housing."Valerie Preston, Professor of Geography, Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change, York University

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