Overview
- Analyses data to prove that the global attention to the human right to housing has continuously increased
- Proposes a paradigm shift in contemporary housing discourses
- Focuses on how states articulate global housing problems
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Housing, Rights, Land Policy, and Global Social Citizenship
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The Discourse on the Human Right Housing Under the Monitoring System of the ICESCR
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About this book
This book explores the human right to housing, presenting the findings of a global discourse analysis to analyse the right to housing from the perspective of theories on land policy and social citizenship. The book concludes that planners and policy makers will not be able to completely fulfil the human right to housing. For that reason, the book presents a theory of de-commodification of land use that highlights the meaning of land use rights for people affected by inadequate housing.
Students and scholars across a range of disciplines, including social policy, global social policy, human rights law, discourse theory, and sociology will find this study of interest.
Reviews
“This book is a timely contribution to the global discussion of housing rights. Appearing shortly after the Habitat III conference raised the housing issue to the forefront of public policy across the world, this important book directs attention to the UN’s International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights whereby housing rights have been anchored in international law. Adopting an innovative approach, Michael Kolocek brilliantly directs the spotlight to the implementation arena. Through discourse analysis of the progress reports which each signatory to the Covenant (almost all UN member states) must submit, Kolocek uncovers the underlying perceptions of housing rights. The findings show crucial differences in what “housing rights” imply in different countries, and how conceptions have changed over time. Grounded in a comprehensive survey of current knowledge, this book adds an all-important layer of evidence to enlighten researchers and policymakers worldwide.” (Rachelle Alterman, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa)
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Michael Kolocek is Research Assistant at the Chair of Land Policy, Land Management, and Municipal Geoinformation, School of Spatial Planning, TU Dortmund University, Germany.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Human Right to Housing in the Face of Land Policy and Social Citizenship
Book Subtitle: A Global Discourse Analysis
Authors: Michael Kolocek
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-53489-3
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-53488-6Published: 14 August 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-85164-8Published: 03 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-53489-3Published: 02 August 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 269
Number of Illustrations: 11 b/w illustrations
Topics: Social Policy, Social Structure, Social Inequality, Environmental Sociology, Urban Studies/Sociology, Human Rights