The just city / Susan S. Fainstein.

Main entry:

Fainstein, Susan S.

Title & Author:

The just city / Susan S. Fainstein.

Publication:

Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2010.

Description:

xi, 212 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : toward an urban theory of justice -- Philosophical approaches to the problem of justice -- Justice and urban transformation : planning in context -- New York -- London -- Amsterdam : a just city? -- Conclusion : toward the just city.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

"For much of the twentieth century improvement in the situation of disadvantaged communities was a focus for urban planning and policy. Yet over the past three decades the ideological triumph of neoliberalism has caused the allocation of spatial, political, economic, and financial resources to favor economic growth at the expense of wider social benefits. Susan S. Fainstein's concept of the "just city" encourages planners and policymakers to embrace a different approach to urban development. Her objective is to combine progressive city planners' earlier focus on equity and material well-being with considerations of diversity and participation so as to foster a better quality of urban life within the context of a global capitalist political economy. Fainstein applies theoretical concepts about justice developed by contemporary philosophers to the concrete problems faced by urban planners and policymakers and argues that, despite structural obstacles, meaningful reform can be achieved at the local level.
In the first half of The Just City, Fainstein draws on the work of John Rawls, Martha Nussbaum, Iris Marion Young, Nancy Fraser, and other to develop an approach to justice relevant to twenty-first-century cities, one that incorporates three central concepts: diversity, democracy, and equity. In the book's second half, Fainstein tests her ideas through case studies of New York, London, and Amsterdam for housing and development in relation to the three norms. She concludes by identifying a set of specific criteria for urban planners and policymakers to consider when developing programs to assure greater justice in both the process of their formulation and their effects."--Pub. desc.

Resources:
Book review (H-Net)

ISBN:

9780801446559 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0801446554 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780801476907
0801476909

Subject:

City planning Moral and ethical aspects.
Urban policy Moral and ethical aspects.
Municipal government Moral and ethical aspects.
Social justice.
Social Justice
Politique urbaine Aspect moral.
Administration municipale Aspect moral.
Justice sociale.
Moral
Soziale Gerechtigkeit
Stadtplanung
Gerechtigkeit Stadtentwicklung.
Stadtentwicklung Gerechtigkeit.
Stadsplanering etik och moral.
Urban politik etik och moral.
Social rättvisa.
Amsterdam
London
New York (N.Y.)

Holdings:

Location: Library main 268714
Call No.: BIB 200587
Status: Available

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