Justice and Fairness in the City: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach to ?Ordinary? Cities

ISBN 10: 1447318390 / ISBN 13: 9781447318392

Editore: Policy Press, 2016

This book examines the theory and practice of justice in and of the city through a multi-disciplinary collaboration, which draws on a wide range of expertise. It will be a valuable resource for academic researchers and students across a range of disciplines including urban and environmental studies. Num Pages: 276 pages. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 158 x 234 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476. . 2016. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. Codice articolo V9781447318392

Riassunto:

Fairness and justice are buzzwords in contemporary political debates across the world. In the United Kingdom, especially, Prime Minister David Cameron has made a serious effort to claim fairness as a key Conservative concept, while the Labour Party has attempted to redefine and claim social justice. Local governments have taken up this discourse of fairness, with fairness commissions intended to develop principles and practical proposals to promote fairer cities appearing in Islington, Liverpool, Newcastle, Sheffield, York, Blackpool, and Tower Hamlets, among others.

Contributors to this volume draw on planning, politics, geography, ethics, education, law, and urban design to examine this phenomenon in theory and practice across four broad categories: well being and local environmental justice; education, young people, and fair opportunities; mobility, spatial justice, and the right to the city; and participation, procedural fairness, and social justice. Throughout, they reflect on the key role of the city in the twenty-first-century global political economy and the stark juxtaposition of radically unequal lives within contemporary urban spaces.

Informazioni sugli autori:

Simin Davoudi is professor of environmental policy and planning and associate director of the Institute for Sustainability at Newcastle University, where Derek Bell is professor of environmental political theory.

Simin Davoudi is Professor of Environmental Policy and Planning and Associate Director of the Institute for Sustainability at Newcastle University. Her research interests lie at the interface of society and ecology and focuses on questions of spatiality, governance, politics and justice on which she had published widely.

Derek Bell is Professor in Environmental Political Theory at Newcastle University. His main research interests lie at the intersection of environmental politics and analytical political philosophy. He has published widely on environmental justice and citizenship, and local and global climate justice.

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Titolo: Justice and Fairness in the City: A ...
Casa editrice: Policy Press
Data di pubblicazione: 2016
Legatura: Brossura
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