Is there a human right to the city? Rethinking the politics of rights – OUP Blog

Posted June 9th, 2016 in housing, human rights, local government, news, rent by sally

‘What gives you the right? We are familiar with rights claiming, it comes easily to our lips when we believe we are entitled to something—to respect, to our fair share. Rights are fighting words. We invoke them when we have been wronged, when a situation has become intolerable. Rights claims are a way of fighting for control.’

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OUP Blog, 9th June 2016

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