Rights and the City

Problems, Progress, and Practice

Häftad, Engelska, 2022

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Beskrivning

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

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2022-09-20
Mått:152 x 229 x 10 mm
Vikt:400 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:272
Förlag:University of Alberta Press
ISBN:9781772126266

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Mer om författaren

Sandeep Agrawal is Professor and inaugural Director of the School of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Alberta.

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“Rights and the City provides a nuanced understanding of the ethical dilemmas and trade-offs that state and local governments endure in the process of changing their legal-institutional frameworks to enforce human rights.” —Ana Paula Pimentel Walker, University of Michigan

Innehållsförteckning

AcknowledgmentsIntroduction | Sandeep AgrawalI THE RIGHT TO THE CITY1 | Whose Right to What City? Indigenous Rights amidst Claims for Constitutionally Empowered Cities | Alexandra Flynn2 | The Right to the City as an Emerging Norm: Codification and Cultural Institutions | Jennifer A. OrangeII RIGHTS IN THE CITY3 | Human Rights and the City in the Pre-Charter Era | Sandeep Agrawal4 | Group Rights and Collective Rights: What Are They and How Do They Affect Urban Issues? | Sandeep Agrawal & Eran S. Kaplinsky5 | Human Rights and Canadian Municipalities | Sandeep Agrawal6 | Becoming a Human Rights City: Lessons from Edmonton | Renée VaugeoisIII OTHER RIGHTS IN THE CITY7 | The Right to Adequate Housing Around the Globe: Analysis and Evaluation of National Constitutions | Michelle L. Oren & Rachelle Alterman8 | Property Rights and the Canadian City | Eran S. Kaplinsky9 | The Dangers of Allowing “Othering” Speech in a City’s Public Spaces | Ola P. Malik & Sasha BestAfterword: After Rights? | Benjamin DavyContributors