Urban Justice

Francisco Colom González (1961) is a Research Professor at the Institute of Philosophy of the Spanish National Research Council in Madrid. Over the years he has led a number of projects on cultural and religious diversity, national identities and political space. His most recent publications have dealt with the political philosophy of the city, including Political Space (El espacio político, 2015), Urban Form and Politics (Forma y política de lo urbano, 2016) and Narrating Cities (Narrar las ciudades, 2020). He is currently co-directing the research project The Just City. Exclusion, belonging and the commons: an urban perspective on theories of justice.

• Introduction.- Part I Urban Space and Social Agency.- Chapter 1 Outlines for a Theory of Urban Justice.- Chapter 2 Fragmented Cities: A Socio-Spatial Approach to Urban Discrimination.- Chapter 3 Urban (In)Justice and Migrants with Precarious Legal Status. Between Sanctuary Practices and Internal Borders in the City.- Chapter 4 City, Public Space and Political Action.- Part II The Good City.- Chapter 5 The Just City and the Common Good in the Western Tradition.- Chapter 6 Urban Justice and Urban Practice: Opportunities and Challenges. Madrid as a Reference.- Chapter 7 Cities vs States. Scales of Government and Governance.- Part III Cities in Distress.- Chapter 8 Urban Growth and Ecological Justice: A Tragedy of the Commons?.- Chapter 9 Touristocracy: When Tourism Rules the City.- Urbicide. Warfare and the Right to the City.