In Defense of Housing: The Politics of Crisis - Softcover

Marcuse, Peter; Madden, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1784783544 ISBN 13: 9781784783549

Verlag: Verso Books, 2016

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Críticas:

"Excellent." - Charles Mudede, The Stranger "A critical analysis of the nature of the housing crisis within a political economy perspective. The authors highlight a conflict between housing as home and as real estate for profit making and focus upon processes of commodification of housing, power and exploitation, and inequality and injustice in contemporary capitalist society...A significant contribution to urban planning, sociology, and public policy." - D.A. Chekki, University of Winnipeg, CHOICE "An accessible, jargon-free account of how housing works under capitalism and a clarion call for how we can - and must - change it." - Socialist Review "In Defense of Housing clearly lays out the systemic nature of the housing crisis and seamlessly breaks down complicated economic concepts. Madden and Marcuse gently disabuse readers of illusions that the end of the housing crisis is just a policy tweak away." - James Tracy, Rooflines "A timely and exceptional book with enormous significance to housing movements everywhere ... By providing even the most experienced housing scholars with a clear conceptual and analytic apparatus that moves beyond a rights-based approach to housing, it can be used as a tool for activisms, for legal claims, for political and policy discussions and in scholarly debates and classrooms." Melissa Fernandez Arrigoitia, City Journal

Reseña del editor:

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 by leading urban planner Peter Marcuse and sociologist David Madden. They diagnose the causes and consequences of the housing problem and detail the need for progressive alternatives. The housing crisis is not an architectural or moral question, they argue, but a political and economic one that demands a radical response.

Über diese Auflage

• Verlag: Verso Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1784783544
• ISBN 13: 9781784783549
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 240