In Feldman's view, the "bare life predicament" is a product not simply of poverty or inequality but of an inability to commit to democratic pluralism. Challenging this reduction of the homeless, Citizens without Shelter examines opportunities for contesting such a fundamental political exclusion, in the service of homeless citizenship and a more robust form of democratic pluralism. Feldman has in mind a truly democratic pluralism that would include a pluralization of the category of "home" to enable multiple forms of dwelling; a recognition of the common dwelling activities of homeless and non-homeless persons; and a resistance to laws that punish or confine the homeless.
In Feldman's view, the "bare life predicament" is a product not simply of poverty or inequality but of an inability to commit to democratic pluralism. Challenging this reduction of the homeless, Citizens without Shelter examines opportunities for contesting such a fundamental political exclusion, in the service of homeless citizenship and a more robust form of democratic pluralism. Feldman has in mind a truly democratic pluralism that would include a pluralization of the category of "home" to enable multiple forms of dwelling; a recognition of the common dwelling activities of homeless and non-homeless persons; and a resistance to laws that punish or confine the homeless.
Citizens without Shelter: Homelessness, Democracy, and Political Exclusion
200Citizens without Shelter: Homelessness, Democracy, and Political Exclusion
200Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780801441240 |
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Publisher: | Cornell University Press |
Publication date: | 04/22/2004 |
Series: | 5/26/2006 |
Pages: | 200 |
Product dimensions: | 6.12(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.75(d) |
Age Range: | 18 Years |