Urban Politics of Human Rights - 9781032299037

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Urban Politics of Human RightsAuthor(s): Janne Nijman, Barbara Oomen, Elif Durmu?, Sara Miellet, Lisa Roodenburg\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032299037, 978-1032299037\nSynopsis\nIncreasingly, urban actors invoke human rights to address inequalities, combat privatisation, and underline common aspirations, or to protect vested (private) interests. The potential and the pitfalls of these processes are conditioned by the urban, and deeply political. These urban politics of human rights are at the heart of this book. \n\nAn international line-up of contributors with long-term engagement in this field shed light on these politics in cities on four continents and eight cities, presenting a wealth of empirical detail and disciplinary theoreticalisation perspectives. They analyse the city society, the urban actors involved, and the mechanisms of human rights mobilisation. In doing so, they show the commonalities in r.