The Oxford Handbook of Global Studies (Oxford Handbooks)

Mark Juergensmeyer

Saskia, Sassen

Manfred B. Steger

Oxford University Press

This collection of readings examines the interaction of economy, culture, politics, policy and space within the United States and the United Kingdom. For the second edition, more than half of the readings are new and the introduction and section prefaces have been revised. A section on the city and "the new urbanism" has been added, and there is increased emphasis on design, tourism, sustainability and culture. 
<ul> <li>Examines the interaction of economy, culture, politics, policy and space within the United States and the United Kingdom. 
</li> <li>Brings together in one place unabridged selections from recent works by authors who have dramatically transformed the field of urban theory. 
</li> <li>More than half of the readings are new and the introduction and section prefaces have been revised. 
</li> <li>A section on the city and "the new urbanism" has been added, and there is increased emphasis on design, tourism, sustainability and culture.</li> </ul>

Readings in Urban Theory, 2nd Edition

Politics & Social Sciences

Robert Fishman

Mia Gray

Aaron W. Sachs

Joe Painter

Susan S. Fainstein

William W. Goldsmith

Roger Lawson

Social Sciences

Blackwell Publishers, Inc.

Polygamy, forced marriage, female genital mutilation, punishing women for being raped, differential access for men and women to health care and education, unequal rights of ownership, assembly, and political participation, unequal vulnerability to violence. These practices and conditions are standard in some parts of the world. Do demands for multiculturalism--and certain minority group rights in particular--make them more likely to continue and to spread to liberal democracies? Are there fundamental conflicts between our commitment to gender equity and our increasing desire to respect the customs of minority cultures or religions? In this book, the eminent feminist Susan Moller Okin and fifteen of the world's leading thinkers about feminism and multiculturalism explore these unsettling questions in a provocative, passionate, and illuminating debate.
 Okin opens by arguing that some group rights can, in fact, endanger women. She points, for example, to the French government's giving thousands of male immigrants special permission to bring multiple wives into the country, despite French laws against polygamy and the wives' own bitter opposition to the practice. Okin argues that if we agree that women should not be disadvantaged because of their sex, we should not accept group rights that permit oppressive practices on the grounds that they are fundamental to minority cultures whose existence may otherwise be threatened.
 In reply, some respondents reject Okin's position outright, contending that her views are rooted in a moral universalism that is blind to cultural difference. Others quarrel with Okin's focus on gender, or argue that we should be careful about which group rights we permit, but not reject the category of group rights altogether. Okin concludes with a rebuttal, clarifying, adjusting, and extending her original position. These incisive and accessible essays--expanded from their original publication in Boston Review and including four new contributions--are indispensable reading for anyone interested in one of the most contentious social and political issues today.
 The diverse contributors, in addition to Okin, are Azizah al-Hibri, Abdullahi An-Na'im, Homi Bhabha, Sander Gilman, Janet Halley, Bonnie Honig, Will Kymlicka, Martha Nussbaum, Bhikhu Parekh, Katha Pollitt, Robert Post, Joseph Raz, Saskia Sassen, Cass Sunstein, and Yael Tamir.

Is Multiculturalism Bad for Women?

Cass R. Sunstein

Susan Moller Okin

Azizah Y. Al-Hibri

Sander L. Gilman

Joseph Raz

Yael Tamis

Princeton University Press

Cities in a World Economy (Sociology for a New Century)

Business & Money

Economics

Pine Forge Pr

Deciphering the Global: Its Scales, Spaces and Subjects

Routledge

Das Paradox des Nationalen: Territorium, Autorität und Rechte im globalen Zeitalter

Suhrkamp

Territorio, autoridad y derechos: De los ensamblajes medievales a los ensamblajes globales (conocimiento) (Spanish Edition)

Biographies & Memoirs

Professionals & Academics

Katz editores

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