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 Edition
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Residential Is Political
1 Against the Commodifi cation of Housing
2 Residential Alienation
3 Oppression and Liberation in Housing
4 The Myths of Housing Policy
5 Housing Movements of New York
Conclusion: For a Radical Right to Housing
Index
