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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910805665303321
• Autore: Wolff Jonathan
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford, England : , : Oxford University Press, , [2023]; ©2023
• ISBN: 0-19-889474-0; 0-19-889475-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (0 pages)
• Disciplina: 305
• Soggetti: Equality; Sociology, Urban
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.