{"product_id":"the-right-to-an-age-friendly-meghan-joy-9780228003953","title":"The Right to an Age-Friendly City: Redistribution, Recognition, and Senior Citizen Rights in Urban Spaces","description":"\u003cp\u003eA context of aging populations and urbanization has sparked a global movement to make urban spaces age-friendly. The Age-Friendly City program, developed by the World Health Organization, aims to improve local environments for all population groups, promote a positive aging identity, and empower local policy actors to support senior citizens. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDespite growing enthusiasm and policy work by local governments worldwide, considerable gaps remain. These lacunae have led scholars and activists alike to align age-friendly city work with the concept of the right to the city. In \u003ci\u003eThe Right to an Age-Friendly City \u003c\/i\u003eMeghan Joy zeroes in on the intricacies of developing an environment that promotes social and spatial justice for the elderly in Toronto. Weaving together the stories, struggles, and victories of local activists, government staff, and frontline service providers, Joy maps this complex policy area and examines the ways in which age-friendly work successfully enhances senior citizens' access to services and support in the local environment, recognizes the diverse needs of senior citizens in the city, and empowers policy actors from local government and the non-profit sector to support senior citizens. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA detailed and timely examination, \u003ci\u003eThe Right to an Age-Friendly City\u003c\/i\u003e offers both broad and tangible insights into the intermingled political, economic, cultural, and administrative changes needed to protect the rights of senior citizens to access urban space in Toronto and beyond.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Meghan Joy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0228003954\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780228003953\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McGill-Queen's University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/03\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.70d","brand":"Meghan Joy","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49096663236863,"sku":"9780228003953","price":43.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-right-to-an-age-friendly-meghan-joy-9780228003953","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}