Bøger af Joe Hermer

This book examines how begging regulation plays a central role in organising how we feel responsible for one another in late capitalist society.

The constitutional soundness of Ontario`s Safe Streets Act, which prohibits begging and other activities that more severely criminalize the homeless, is critiqued in these essays. The exclusion and punishment of the population termed "disorderly people" is discussed, with attention to how this law encourages a constriction of the public and private rights of the poor.

In order to experience the naturalness and freedom of the parks, we must embrace the very forms of regulation that we closely associate with places we consider to be artificial, restrictive, and alienating.