The Right to the City: Social Justice and the Fight for Public Space

@book{citeulike:467334, abstract = {{In the wake of recent terrorist attacks, efforts to secure the American city have life-or-death implications. Yet demands for heightened surveillance and security throw into sharp relief timeless questions about the nature of public space, how it is to be used, and under what conditions. Blending historical and geographical analysis, this book examines the vital relationship between struggles over public space and movements for social justice in the United States. Presented are a series of linked cases that explore the judicial response to public demonstrations by early twentieth-century workers, and comparable legal issues surrounding anti-abortion protests today; the Free Speech Movement and the history of People's Park in Berkeley; and the plight of homeless people facing new laws against their presence in urban streets. The central focus is how political dissent gains meaning and momentum--and is regulated and policed--in the real, physical spaces of the city. }}, author = {Mitchell, Don }, citeulike-article-id = {467334}, howpublished = {Paperback}, isbn = {1572308478}, keywords = {architecture, justice, planning, social, urban}, month = {February}, posted-at = {2006-01-17 22:31:27}, priority = {1}, publisher = {{The Guilford Press}}, title = {The Right to the City: Social Justice and the Fight for Public Space}, url = {http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=citeulike09-20\&path=ASIN/1572308478}, year = {2003} }

TY - BOOK ID - citeulike:467334 L3 - citeulike-article-id:467334 TI - The Right to the City: Social Justice and the Fight for Public Space PB - {The Guilford Press} SN - 1572308478 N2 - {In the wake of recent terrorist attacks, efforts to secure the American city have life-or-death implications. Yet demands for heightened surveillance and security throw into sharp relief timeless questions about the nature of public space, how it is to be used, and under what conditions. Blending historical and geographical analysis, this book examines the vital relationship between struggles over public space and movements for social justice in the United States. Presented are a series of linked cases that explore the judicial response to public demonstrations by early twentieth-century workers, and comparable legal issues surrounding anti-abortion protests today; the Free Speech Movement and the history of People's Park in Berkeley; and the plight of homeless people facing new laws against their presence in urban streets. The central focus is how political dissent gains meaning and momentum--and is regulated and policed--in the real, physical spaces of the city. } KW - architecture KW - justice KW - planning KW - social KW - urban AU - Mitchell, Don PY - 2003/02/24/ UR - http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=citeulike09-20&path=ASIN/1572308478 ER -