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008			160429s2016 enk b 001 0 eng
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020			_a9781107147010 (hbk.)
040			_aBLR _beng _cDLC _erda _dIIHS
042			_apcc
082	0	0	_a323.091732 GLO _223 _b010780
245	0	0	_aGlobal urban justice : _bthe rise of human rights cities / _cedited by Barbara M. Oomen, Martha F. Davis and Michele Grigolo.
264		1	_aCambridge, United Kingdom : _bCambridge University Press, _c2016.
300			_axii, 336 pages ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505			_a1. Introduction: the promise and challenges of human rights cities Barbara Oomen; Part I. Actors and their Shifting Capacities: 2. Cities, human rights and accountability: the United States experience Martha F. Davis; 3. Making human rights the talk of the town: civil society and human rights cities, a case study of the Netherlands Esther van den Berg; 4. Human rights at a local level: the Montreal experience Benoit Frate; 5. From principles to practice: the role of US mayors in advancing human rights JoAnn Kamuf Ward; Part II. Renegotiating Rights in the Urban Space: 6. Human rights in the city and the right to the city: two different paradigms confronting urbanisation Eva Garcia Chueca; 7. Defying the demand to 'go home': from human rights cities to the urbanisation of human rights Jonathan Darling; 8. Contested advocacy: negotiating between rights and reciprocity in Nima and Maamobi, Ghana Catherine Buerger; 9. Localising the human right to water into the city context: insights from domestic litigation Natalya Pestova; Part III. Implementing Human Rights Cities: 10. Re-imagining human rights practice through the city: a case study of York (UK) Emily Graham, Paul Gready, Eric Hoddy and Rachel Pennington; 11. Human rights and the city: obligations, commitments and opportunities Klaus Starl; 12. The recognition of the right to the city in Mexico City: the Charter Ana Maria Sanchez Rodriguez; 13. In a state of becoming a human rights city: the case of Eugene, Oregon Kenneth J. Neubeck; Part IV. Conclusions: 14. Human rights cities: challenges and possibilities Cynthia Soohoo; 15. Towards a sociology of the human rights city: focusing on practice Michele Grigolo.
520			_aProvides theoretical and practical insights into how the new phenomenon of human rights cities contributes to global urban justice.
650		0	_aHuman rights.
650		0	_aUrban policy.
650		0	_aLocal government.
650		0	_aCities and towns _xPolitical aspects.
700	1		_aOomen, Barbara., _eeditor.
700	1		_aDavis, Martha F., _eeditor.
700	1		_aGrigolo, Michele., _eeditor.
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