City of equals / Jonathan Wolff and Avner de-Shalit.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wolff, Jonathan, author.

De-Shalit, Avner, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sociology, Urban.

Equality.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (0 pages)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2024.

Summary:

'A City of Equals' combines a multi-disciplinary literature review and, distinctively, more than 180 interviews in 10 cities in 6 countries: Wolff and De-Shalit provide an account of a city of equals based on the idea that it should give each of its city-zens a secure sense of place or belonging.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Preface

Acknowledgements

Contents

1. Introduction, Motivation, and Methods

1.1. The Research Question

1.2. What Is a City?

1.3. The Egalitarian Spirit

1.4. Methods

1.5. The Argument in a Nutshell

1.6. Conclusion

2. A Critical Literature Review

2.1. Introduction

2.2. Income Inequality: The Importance and Limitations of Material Inequality

2.3. Space and Segregation, Exclusion and Inclusion

2.4. The Importance and Limitations of Spatial Analysis

2.5. The Just City: Towards a More Holistic Notion of a City of Equals

2.6. Conclusion: The Many Dimensions of a City of Equals

3. Interview Themes and Results, Part 1

3.1. Our Starting Point

3.2. The Results of the Interviews

3.3. Relational Equality

3.4. Themes that Relate to Non-market Accessibility to Goods and Services

3.4.1. Spatial Dimensions of Integration, Segregation, and Their Consequences

3.4.2. Frequency and Variety of Public Transportation

3.4.3. Gardening, Environment Goods, and Environmental Bads

3.4.4. Housing Policy

3.5. Themes that Relate to Sense of Meaning

3.5.1. Inequalities in Urban Experience

3.5.2. Sense of Security

3.5.3. Identity, Community, and Anonymity

4. Interview Themes and Results, Part 2

4.1. Themes That Relate to the Value of Diversity and Social Mixing

4.1.1. Special Arrangements for Elderly People

4.1.2. Special Arrangements in Respect of Young Children and their Parents

4.1.3. Women-friendly City Design and Planning, and Gender Equality

4.2. Themes that Relate to the Value of Non-deferential Inclusion

4.2.1. Communication beyond Transportation: Words and Vision

4.2.2. Inclusivity

4.2.3. Political Standing

4.3. Conclusion

5. A Secure Sense of Place

5.1. Introduction.

5.1.1. The Sense of Place

5.2. The Four Core Values

5.2.1. Core Value 1: Access to the City's Services Is Not Constituted by the Market

5.2.2. Core Value 2: A Sense of Meaning and Meaningful Urban Life

5.2.3. Core Value 3: Diversity and Social Mixing

5.2.4. Core Value 4: Non-deferential Inclusion

5.3. Conclusion

6. Conclusions and Next Steps

6.1. Core Value 1: Non-market Access to the City's Facilities

6.2. Core Value 2: A Sense of a Meaningful Life

6.3. Core Value 3: Diversity and Social Mixing

6.4. Core Value 4: Non-deferential Inclusion

6.5. Conclusion

References

Index.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2024.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on November 3, 2023).

ISBN:

0-19-199759-5

0-19-889474-0

0-19-889475-9

OCLC:

1407240704