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Author : Rachel G. Bratt
Release : 2006
Genre : Business & Economics
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 335/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis A Right to Housing by : Rachel G. Bratt
Download or read book A Right to Housing written by Rachel G. Bratt. This book was released on 2006. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An examination of America's housing crisis by the leading progressive housing activists in the country.
Author : Nico Moons
Release : 2018-05-16
Genre : Law
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Book Rating : 615/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Right to housing in law and society by : Nico Moons
Download or read book The Right to housing in law and society written by Nico Moons. This book was released on 2018-05-16. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the very first negotiations of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights half a century ago to the present day, socio-economic rights have often been regarded as less enforceable than civil and political rights. The right to adequate housing, even though protecting one of the most basic needs of human beings, has not escaped this classification. Despite its strong foundations in international, regional and domestic legislation, many people are still deprived of one or more of the different key elements that comprise adequate housing. How, then, can international human rights theory and case law be developed into effective vehicles at the domestic level? Rather than focusing merely on possibilities for individualized relief through the court system, The Right to Housing in Law and Society looks into more effective socio-economic rights realization by addressing both conceptual and practical stumbling blocks that hinder a more structural progress at the national level. The Flemish and Belgian housing legislation and policy are used to highlight the problems and illustrate the pathways here presented. While first and foremost legal in its approach, the book also offers a more sociological perspective on the functioning of the right to housing in practice. It shows the latest state of knowledge on the topic and will be of interest to researchers, academics, policymakers and students in the fields of international socio-economic rights law and human rights law more generally.
Author : Jessie Hohmann
Release : 2013-03-01
Genre : Law
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 980/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Right to Housing by : Jessie Hohmann
Download or read book The Right to Housing written by Jessie Hohmann. This book was released on 2013-03-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A human right to housing represents the law's most direct and overt protection of housing and home. Unlike other human rights, through which the home incidentally receives protection and attention, the right to housing raises housing itself to the position of primary importance. However, the meaning, content, scope and even existence of a right to housing raise vexed questions. Drawing on insights from disciplines including law, anthropology, political theory, philosophy and geography, this book is both a contribution to the state of knowledge on the right to housing, and an entry into the broader human rights debate. It addresses profound questions on the role of human rights in belonging and citizenship, the formation of identity, the perpetuation of forms of social organisation and, ultimately, of the relationship between the individual and the state. The book addresses the legal, theoretical and conceptual issues, providing a deep analysis of the right to housing within and beyond human rights law. Structured in three parts, the book outlines the right to housing in international law and in key national legal systems; examines the most important concepts of housing: space, privacy and identity and, finally, looks at the potential of the right to alleviate human misery, marginalisation and deprivation. The book represents a major contribution to the scholarship on an under-studied and ill-defined right. In terms of content, it provides a much needed exploration of the right to housing. In approach it offers a new framework for argument within which the right to housing, as well as other under-theorised and contested rights, can be reconsidered, reconnecting human rights with the social conditions of their violation, and hence with the reasons for their existence. Shortlisted for The Peter Birks Prize for Outstanding Legal Scholarship 2013.
Author : Peter Marcuse
Release : 2024-08-27
Genre : Political Science
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Book Rating : 942/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis In Defense of Housing by : Peter Marcuse
Download or read book In Defense of Housing written by Peter Marcuse. This book was released on 2024-08-27. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In every major city in the world there is a housing crisis. How did this happen and what can we do about it? Everyone needs and deserves housing. But today our homes are being transformed into commodities, making the inequalities of the city ever more acute. Profit has become more important than social need. The poor are forced to pay more for worse housing. Communities are faced with the violence of displacement and gentrification. And the benefits of decent housing are only available for those who can afford it. In Defense of Housing is the definitive statement on this crisis from leading urban planner Peter Marcuse and sociologist David Madden. They look at the causes and consequences of the housing problem and detail the need for progressive alternatives. The housing crisis cannot be solved by minor policy shifts, they argue. Rather, the housing crisis has deep political and economic roots—and therefore requires a radical response.
Author : Anindita Mukherjee
Release : 2019-12-12
Genre : Law
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 277/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Legal Right to Housing in India by : Anindita Mukherjee
Download or read book The Legal Right to Housing in India written by Anindita Mukherjee. This book was released on 2019-12-12. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the benefits of seeking legal recognition for the right to housing, within the Indian legal context.
