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Rights and the City
Problems, Progress, and Practice
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English
Published/Copyright:
2022
About this book
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
Afterword, 2 tables, 2 charts
Author / Editor information
Contributor: Sandeep Agrawal
Sandeep Agrawal is Professor and inaugural Director of the School of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Alberta.
Reviews
“In my view, the main contribution of the volume … is to bring renewed attention to the relevance of legal rights in the realm of urban planning and politics, as well as to illustrate how they can serve to disadvantage or push for the protection of already marginalized groups in society in practical terms. To do this, the book offers well-researched examples, most of which show how these debates unfold at the municipal level. This approach will be especially useful for readers and practitioners whose work lies at the intersection of policy analysis, program design, and planning through a rights-based lens.” Magdelana Ugarte, Canadian Planning and Policy, Volume 2023
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“In Rights and the City, editor Sandeep Agrawal, professor of urban planning at the University of Alberta, uses the influential theories of Henri Lefebvre, a French philosopher and sociologist, to organize this collection and to illustrate the way ahead in order for our rights to and in cities to become truly entrenched.” Ximena Gonzales, Alberta Views, April 26, 2023 [Full review at https://albertaviews.ca/rights-and-the-city/]
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"This book is a collection of essays on the subject of human rights and cities with an emphasis on Canadian cities. ...this collection is worth reading." W. Dennis Keating, Journal of Urban Affairs, May 17, 2023 (Full review at: https://doi.org/10.1080/07352166.2023.2195779)
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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
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Frontmatter
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Contents
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Acknowledgments
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Introduction
viii - I: The Right to the City
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1. Whose Right to What City?
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2. The Right to the City as an Emerging Norm
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3. Human Rights and the City in the Pre-Charter Era
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4. Group Rights and Collective Rights
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5. Human Rights and Canadian Municipalities
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6. Becoming a Human Rights City
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7. The Right to Adequate Housing Around the Globe
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8. Property Rights and the Canadian City
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9. The Dangers of Allowing “Othering” Speech in a City’s Public Spaces
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Afterword: After Rights?
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Contributors
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Publishing information
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
eBook published on:
September 6, 2023
eBook ISBN:
9781772126716
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
Main content:
272
eBook ISBN:
9781772126716
Keywords for this book
municipal government; community; civil society; collective rights; Henri Lefebvre; John Humphrey Centre for Peace and Human Rights; First Nations; minority; marginalized; homeless; lawyer; urban planner; city council; law; development; policy
Audience(s) for this book
For an expert adult audience, including professional development and academic research
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BY-NC-ND 4.0
