The Human Rights City: New York, San Francisco, Barcelona
Michele Grigolo, "The Human Rights City: New York, San Francisco, Barcelona "
English | ISBN: 1138644897 | 2019 | 224 pages | EPUB | 2 MB
English | ISBN: 1138644897 | 2019 | 224 pages | EPUB | 2 MB
We are used to thinking of human rights as a matter for state governments to deal with. Much less investigated is the question of what cities do with them, even though urban communities and municipalities have been discussing human rights for quite some time.
In this volume, Grigolo borrows the concept of ‘the human rights city’ to invite us to think about a new urban utopia: a place where human rights strive to guide urban life. By turning the question of the meaning and use of human rights in cities into the object of critical investigation, this book tracks the genesis, institutionalisation and implementation of human rights in cities, focussing on New York, San Francisco and Barcelona.
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