Gender, Planning and Human Rights / Edition 1

by Tovi Fenster

Overview

Challenging the traditional treatment of human rights cast in purely legal frameworks, the authors argue that, in order to promote the notion of human rights, its geographies and spatialities must be investigated and be made explicit. A wealth of case studies examine the significance of these components in various countries with multi-cultured societies, and identify ways to integrate human rights issues in planning, development and policy making. The book uses case studies from UK, Israel, Canada, Singapore, USA, Peru, European Union, Australia and the Czech Republic.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415154956
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/10/1998
Series:	Routledge International Studies of Women and Place
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)
Lexile:	1490L (what's this?)

About the Author

Tovi Fenster is a lecturer in Geography and Planning at Tel Aviv University, Israel.

Table of Contents

Part 1 Introduction; Chapter 1 Gender and Human Rights, Tovi Fenster; Part 2 Gender, Planning and Human Rights; Chapter 2 Women, Planning and Local Central Relations in the UK, Jo Little; Chapter 3 Culture, Human Rights and Planning (As Control) for Minority Women in Israel, Tovi Fenster; Chapter 4 Intersecting Claims, Marcia Wallace, Beth Moore Milroy; Chapter 5 The Gender Inequalities of Planning in Singapore, Gillian Davidson; Part 3 Gender, Development and Policy-Making Within the Human Rights Context; Chapter 6 Households, Violence and Women’s Economic Rights, Ann M. Oberhauser; Chapter 7 Gender, Informal Employment and the Right to Productive Resources, Maureen Hays-Mitchell; Chapter 8 Gender, Migrants and Rights in the European Union, Eleonore Kofman; Chapter 9 Does Cultural Survival have a Gender?, Deborah Bird Rose; Chapter 10 Women and Human Rights in Post-Communist Countries, Jiřina Šiklová; Part 4 Conclusion; Chapter 11 Gender, Planning and Human Rights, Tovi Fenster;

Editorial Reviews

Explores the geographies and spatialities of human rights, with particular emphasis on the connections between gender and human rights in planning and development. Challenging the traditional treatment of human rights cast in purely legal frameworks, contributors argue that, in order to promote the notion of human rights, its geographies and spatialities must be investigated and made explicit. Case studies examine the significance of these components in various countries with multicultured societies and identify ways to integrate human rights issues in planning, development, and policy making. The editor is a lecturer in geography and planning at Tel Aviv University, Israel. Cloth edition (15495-2), $85. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Booknews

"this book is exceptionally innovative in the manner in which it introduces the issue of human rights from a geographical perspective...well-written and provides a stimulating read thanks to its clear contextualisations, its in-depth research into case-studies, and its extensive references and up-to-date bibliography" Regional Studies Vol 33. 8

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