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Justice and the American Metropolis

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Justice and the American Metropolis
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Clarissa Rile Hayward
Edited by Todd Swanstrom
Contributions by Stephen Macedo
Contributions by Douglas W. Rae
SeriesGlobalization and Community
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:288
Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 140
ISBN/Barcode 9780816676132
ClassificationsDewey:303.3720917320973 307.14160973
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher University of Minnesota Press
Imprint University of Minnesota Press
Publication Date 16 August 2011
Publication Country United States

Description

Today's American cities and suburbs are the sites of "thick injustice"-unjust power relations that are deeply and densely concentrated as well as opaque and seemingly intractable. Thick injustice is hard to see, to assign responsibility for, and to change. Identifying these often invisible and intransigent problems, this volume addresses foundational questions about what justice requires in the contemporary metropolis. Essays focus on inequality within and among cities and suburbs; articulate principles for planning, redevelopment, and urban political leadership; and analyze the connection between metropolitan justice and institutional design. In a world that is progressively more urbanized, and yet no clearer on issues of fairness and equality, this book points the way to a metropolis in which social justice figures prominently in any definition of success. Contributors: Susan S. Fainstein, Harvard U; Richard Thompson Ford, Stanford U; Gerald Frug, Harvard U; Loren King, Wilfrid Laurier U; Margaret Kohn, U of Toronto; Stephen Macedo, Princeton U; Douglas W. Rae, Yale U; Clarence N. Stone, George Washington U; Margaret Weir, U of California, Berkeley; Thad Williamson, U of Richmond.

Author Biography

Clarissa Rile Hayward is associate professor of political science at Washington University in St. Louis. Todd Swanstrom is Des Lee Professor of Community Collaboration and Public Policy Administration at the University of Missouri, St. Louis.