The Right to the City: Social Justice and the Fight for Public Space

Mitchell analyses how public space is produced, regulated and contested, connecting spatial practices with rights, dissent, homelessness and social justice. The book is not a design manual, but it provides a critical framework for understanding how urban environments and rules can include some groups while excluding others. For EDIDesK, its relevance lies in informing urban, social and policy design with a stronger account of rights, power and the political meaning of public space.