Rights and the City

Problems, Progress, and Practice

Edited by Sandeep Agrawal
Afterword by Benjamin Davy
Categories: Social Sciences, Sociology, Law & Legal Studies, Law & Society, Urban Studies, Planning & Architecture, Urban Studies, Indigenous Studies, Political Science, Public & Social Policy, Planning (urban & Regional)
Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Paperback : 9781772126266, 272 pages, September 2022
Ebook (EPUB) : 9781772126709, 272 pages, September 2022
Ebook (PDF) : 9781772126716, 272 pages, September 2022
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“The right to protect and respect for human dignity must be considered a lodestar for the development and growth of sustainable and attractive cities.” Benjamin Davy, from the Afterword

Table of contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction | Sandeep Agrawal
I THE RIGHT TO THE CITY
1 | Whose Right to What City? Indigenous Rights amidst Claims for Constitutionally Empowered Cities | Alexandra Flynn
2 | The Right to the City as an Emerging Norm: Codification and Cultural Institutions | Jennifer A. Orange
II RIGHTS IN THE CITY
3 | Human Rights and the City in the Pre-Charter Era | Sandeep Agrawal
4 | Group Rights and Collective Rights: What Are They and How Do They Affect Urban Issues? | Sandeep Agrawal & Eran S. Kaplinsky
5 | Human Rights and Canadian Municipalities | Sandeep Agrawal
6 | Becoming a Human Rights City: Lessons from Edmonton | Renée Vaugeois
III OTHER RIGHTS IN THE CITY
7 | The Right to Adequate Housing Around the Globe: Analysis and Evaluation of National Constitutions | Michelle L. Oren & Rachelle Alterman
8 | Property Rights and the Canadian City | Eran S. Kaplinsky
9 | The Dangers of Allowing “Othering” Speech in a City’s Public Spaces | Ola P. Malik & Sasha Best
Afterword: After Rights? | Benjamin Davy
Contributors

Description

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.

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

Reviews

"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)