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Building on a growing movement within developing countries in Latin
America, Africa, and Asia-Pacific, as well as Europe and North
America, this book documents cutting edge practice and builds
theory around a rights based approach to women's safety in the
context of poverty reduction and social inclusion. Drawing upon two
decades of research and grassroots action on safer cities for women
and everyone, this book is about the right to an inclusive city.
The first part of the book describes the challenges that women face
regarding access to essential services, housing security,
liveability and mobility. The second part of the book critically
examines programs, projects and ideas that are working to make
cities safer. Building Inclusive Cities takes a cross-cultural
learning perspective from action research occurring throughout the
world and translates this research into theoretical
conceptualizations to inform the literature on planning and urban
management in both developing and developed countries. This book is
intended to inspire both thought and action.
Building on a growing movement within developing countries in Latin
America, Africa, and Asia-Pacific, as well as Europe and North
America, this book documents cutting edge practice and builds
theory around a rights based approach to women's safety in the
context of poverty reduction and social inclusion. Drawing upon two
decades of research and grassroots action on safer cities for women
and everyone, this book is about the right to an inclusive city.
The first part of the book describes the challenges that women face
regarding access to essential services, housing security,
liveability and mobility. The second part of the book critically
examines programs, projects and ideas that are working to make
cities safer. Building Inclusive Cities takes a cross-cultural
learning perspective from action research occurring throughout the
world and translates this research into theoretical
conceptualizations to inform the literature on planning and urban
management in both developing and developed countries. This book is
intended to inspire both thought and action.
Electing a Diverse Canada presents the most extensive analysis to
date of the electoral representation of immigrants, minorities, and
women in Canada. Covering eleven cities, as well as Canada's
Parliament, it breaks new ground by assessing the representation of
diverse identity groups across multiple levels of government.
Electoral representation is an important indicator of a democracy's
health, and this book provides both a baseline for future research
and an outline of the key challenges facing Canadian democracy.
The federal government and its policies transform Canadian cities
in myriad ways. Canada in Cities examines this relationship to
better understand the interplay among changing demographics, how
local governments and citizens frame their arguments for federal
action, and the ways in which the national government uses its
power and resources to shape urban Canada. Most studies of local
governance in Canada focus on politics and policy within cities.
The essays in this collection turn such analysis on its head, by
examining federal programs, rather than municipal ones, and
observing how they influence local policies and work with regional
authorities and civil societies. Through a series of case studies -
ranging from federal policy concerning Aboriginal people in cities,
to the introduction of the federal gas tax transfer to
municipalities, to the impact of Canada's emergency management
policies on cities - the contributors provide insights about how
federal politics influence the local political arena. Analyzing
federal actions in diverse policy fields, the authors uncover
meaningful patterns of federal action and outcome in Canadian
cities. A timely contribution, Canada in Cities offers a
comprehensive study of diverse areas of municipal public policy
that have emerged in Canada in recent years.
This volume challenges the imagery of cities by looking through a
gendered lens at how women utilize urban space. Focusing on the
conceptual and methodological manner of boundaries, the book
reminds us that women are members of multiple and diverse groups
and as such, they can be active, creative, and powerful agents.
Multidisciplinary essays, contributed by urbanists, geographers,
political scientists, and historians, explore the ways in which
women confront, break down, resist, and form new boundaries and
interconnections, both visible and invisible. Arguing for a change
in the traditional agenda of cities, the authors investigate how
aspects of urban life and space would look considerably different
if the alternatives and options presented by women and other
marginalized groups were taken into account. They urge us toward a
better understanding of how diverse social groups interact, how
urban space can enhance such interaction, and what role formal and
informal laws, by-laws, policies, and other planning measures
should play.
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