Reading Development

Random readings on society, politics and change – Jorge Carrillo

Gender, Sexuality and Social Justice: What’s Law Got to Do with It?

The contributions to this Edited Collection reveal the complexity of the deceptively simple question posed by its title: Gender, Sexuality and Social Justice: What’s Law Got to Do With It? … Continue reading

Tuesday, 1 March 2016 · Leave a comment

The Practical is the Political: The UN’s Global Study on Women, Peace and Security

Weighing in at just under five pounds, the 417-page Global Study on the Implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1325, released last month, is nothing if not ambitious.[As to] whether … Continue reading

Tuesday, 17 November 2015 · Leave a comment

Spatial Justice and the right to the city – An interview with Edward Soja

As someone who has been promoting this spatial turn for many decades, I now want to push it still further, by assertively adding a significant spatial dimension to other kinds … Continue reading

Thursday, 5 November 2015 · Leave a comment

The Just City Essays

The persistence of injustice in the world’s cities—dramatic inequality, unequal environmental burdens and risks, and uneven access to opportunity—demands a continued and reinvigorated search for ideas and solutions. The outreach … Continue reading

Monday, 19 October 2015 · Leave a comment

Can human rights bring social justice?

This collection of twelve essays explores the differences and similarities between social justice and human rights, providing divergent perspectives on whether and how human rights NGOs should pursue social justice. … Continue reading

Wednesday, 23 September 2015 · Leave a comment

The New Urban Question: A Conversation on the Legacy of Bernardo Secchi

A gesture towards bringing the work of Bernardo Secchi to a wider Anglophone audience, since little of his work has been translated into English. It reflects on his legacy by … Continue reading

Monday, 22 December 2014 · Leave a comment

Migration, Gender and Social Justice

The book examines commonalities and differences in the operation of various structures of power (gender, class, race/ethnicity, generation) and their interactions within the institutional domains of intra-national and especially inter-national … Continue reading

Monday, 23 September 2013 · Leave a comment