The Human Rights City: New York, San Francisco, Barcelona

by Michele Grigolo

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138644897
• ISBN13: 9781138644892
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"