The power of “p lace”: Public space and rights consciousness

Laura Beth Nielsen*

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Abstract

This chapter utilizes evidence from a study of street harassment to explore the concepts of space, identity, and rights consciousness. It provides a conceptualization of space merely as a physical location or even as a constructed concept. The chapter focuses on the work of sociolegal scholars who have begun to recognize and explores the complexities not only of location and identity, but also of how conceptions about space, identity, and law interact to create expectations about their rights. It demonstrates that in addition to the organizational and institutional factors that affect rights consciousness, a variety of relational factors create multiple understandings of law at different times and in different places. Public space and interactions between strangers in public places are embedded in the locations in which they occur, the identities of the individuals involved, and the nature of the interactions.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationThe New Civil Rights Research
Subtitle of host publicationA Constitutive Approach
PublisherTaylor and Francis
Pages217-231
Number of pages15
ISBN (Electronic)9780429595325
ISBN (Print)9780815398028
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1 2019

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Social Sciences

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