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Divided cities : the Oxford Amnesty lectures 2003 / edited by Richard Scholar.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Oxford Amnesty lecturesPublisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006Description: x, 228 pages ; 20 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0192807080
  • 9780192807083
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 307.76 22
LOC classification:
  • HT155 .D58 2006
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction / Richard Scholar -- 1. Introduction to Stuart Hall / Stephen Howe -- Cosmopolitan promises, multicultural realities / Stuart Hall -- 2. Introduction to Patricia J. Williams / Jane Shaw -- Theatres of war / Patricia J. Williams -- 3. Introduction to David Harvey / Erik Swyngedouw -- The right to the city / David Harvey -- 4. Introduction to James D. Woldfenshon / Sebastian Mallaby -- The undivided city / James D. Wolfensohn -- 5. Introduction to Richard Rogers / James Attlee -- An urban renaissance / Richard Rogers -- 6. Introduction to Patrick Declerck / Maria Kaika -- On the necessary suffering of the homeless / Patrick Declerck -- 7. Who should foot the bill? / Michael B. Likosky -- 8. Looking on the bright side / Peter Hall -- Oxonian epilogue / Patrick Declerck.
Summary: "Cities, at their best, are cradles of diversity, opportunity, and citizenship. Why, then, do so many cities today seem scarred by divisions separating the powerful and privileged from the victims of deprivation and injustice? What is it like to live on the wrong side of the divide in Paris,London, New York, Sao Paolo, and other cities all over the world?In this book, based on the internationally renowned Oxford Amnesty Lectures, eight leading urban thinkers argue about why divisions arise in cities and about what could and should be done to bring those divisions to an end. The book features essays by Patrick Declerck, Stuart Hall, David Harvey,Richard Rogers, Patricia Williams, and James Wolfensohn, with commentaries from Peter Hall, Michael Likosky, and others. The many contemporary issues that the book addresses include the impact of globalization and migration on the urban environment, the consequences of the 'war on terror' for thoseliving in cities, the new development paradigm being adopted by international institutions in the developing world, the need for a genuine urban renaissance in Britain and elsewhere, and the suffering of the homeless.These controversial and sometimes conflicting essays, linked by Richard Scholar's incisive introduction, aim to encourage and inform debate about the challenges to human rights in our increasingly urban world."--Publisher description.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-221) and index.

Introduction / Richard Scholar -- 1. Introduction to Stuart Hall / Stephen Howe -- Cosmopolitan promises, multicultural realities / Stuart Hall -- 2. Introduction to Patricia J. Williams / Jane Shaw -- Theatres of war / Patricia J. Williams -- 3. Introduction to David Harvey / Erik Swyngedouw -- The right to the city / David Harvey -- 4. Introduction to James D. Woldfenshon / Sebastian Mallaby -- The undivided city / James D. Wolfensohn -- 5. Introduction to Richard Rogers / James Attlee -- An urban renaissance / Richard Rogers -- 6. Introduction to Patrick Declerck / Maria Kaika -- On the necessary suffering of the homeless / Patrick Declerck -- 7. Who should foot the bill? / Michael B. Likosky -- 8. Looking on the bright side / Peter Hall -- Oxonian epilogue / Patrick Declerck.

"Cities, at their best, are cradles of diversity, opportunity, and citizenship. Why, then, do so many cities today seem scarred by divisions separating the powerful and privileged from the victims of deprivation and injustice? What is it like to live on the wrong side of the divide in Paris,London, New York, Sao Paolo, and other cities all over the world?In this book, based on the internationally renowned Oxford Amnesty Lectures, eight leading urban thinkers argue about why divisions arise in cities and about what could and should be done to bring those divisions to an end. The book features essays by Patrick Declerck, Stuart Hall, David Harvey,Richard Rogers, Patricia Williams, and James Wolfensohn, with commentaries from Peter Hall, Michael Likosky, and others. The many contemporary issues that the book addresses include the impact of globalization and migration on the urban environment, the consequences of the 'war on terror' for thoseliving in cities, the new development paradigm being adopted by international institutions in the developing world, the need for a genuine urban renaissance in Britain and elsewhere, and the suffering of the homeless.These controversial and sometimes conflicting essays, linked by Richard Scholar's incisive introduction, aim to encourage and inform debate about the challenges to human rights in our increasingly urban world."--Publisher description.

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