Rights and the City: Problems, Progress, and Practice Agrawal Sandeep
Rights and the City: Problems, Progress, and Practice Agrawal Sandeep Rights and the City takes stock of rights struggles and progress in cities by exploring the tensions that exist between different…
Specifikacia Rights and the City: Problems, Progress, and Practice Agrawal Sandeep
Rights and the City: Problems, Progress, and Practice Agrawal Sandeep
Rights and the City takes stock of rights struggles and progress in cities by exploring the tensions that exist between different concepts of rights. 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. 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.
Regionally, the book draws on municipalities from across Canada while also making broad international comparisons. Using empirical evidence and examples, they translate the philosophical and legal aspects of rights into more practical terms and applications. Scholars, policy makers, and activists with an interest in urban studies, planning,