In Defense of Housing

Peter Marcuse is Emeritus Professor of Urban Planning at Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. He has written extensively in English as well as German, in the US, the UK and various other European countries. His work has also appeared in newspaper and magazines such as The Nation,New York Newsday, Monthly Review, Shelterforce and many others. He died in 2022.David Madden is a Professor in the Department of Sociology and the Cities Programme at the London School of Economics. He has published academic articles in some of the leading urban studies journals, and is Editor at the journal CITY. He has also published reviews and commentary in outlets including LSE Review of Books, the Washington City Paper and The Guardian.

• Foreword to the Second EditionAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The Residential Is Political1 Against the Commodifi cation of Housing2 Residential Alienation3 Oppression and Liberation in Housing4 The Myths of Housing Policy5 Housing Movements of New YorkConclusion: For a Radical Right to HousingIndex

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