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Seeking Spatial Justice
Edward W. Soja
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Description for Seeking Spatial Justice
Paperback. Series: Globalization & Community Series. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSG; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 215 x 17. Weight in Grams: 342.
In 1996, the Los Angeles Bus Riders Union, a grassroots advocacy organization, won a historic legal victory against the city’s Metropolitan Transit Authority. The resulting consent decree forced the MTA for a period of ten years to essentially reorient the mass transit system to better serve the city’s poorest residents. A stunning reversal of conventional governance and planning in urban America, which almost always favors wealthier residents, this decision is also, for renowned urban theorist Edward W. Soja, a concrete example of spatial justice in action. In Seeking Spatial Justice, Soja argues that justice has a geography and that the equitable ... Read more
In 1996, the Los Angeles Bus Riders Union, a grassroots advocacy organization, won a historic legal victory against the city’s Metropolitan Transit Authority. The resulting consent decree forced the MTA for a period of ten years to essentially reorient the mass transit system to better serve the city’s poorest residents. A stunning reversal of conventional governance and planning in urban America, which almost always favors wealthier residents, this decision is also, for renowned urban theorist Edward W. Soja, a concrete example of spatial justice in action. In Seeking Spatial Justice, Soja argues that justice has a geography and that the equitable ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Series
Globalization & Community Series
Condition
New
Weight
341g
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816666683
SKU
V9780816666683
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About Edward W. Soja
Edward W. Soja is Distinguished Professor of Urban Planning at the UCLA School of Public Affairs, and for many years was Centennial Visiting Professor in the Cities Programme, London School of Economics. He is the author of Postmodern Geographies: The Reassertion of Space in Critical Theory, Thirdspace: Journeys to Los Angeles and Other Real-and-Imagined Places, and Postmetropolis: Critical Studies of ... Read more
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