ABSTRACT
One of the central goals of feminist political philosophers has been to transform public spaces in order to achieve democratic politics through changing ideals, practices, and institutions. The greatest challenge to achieving this goal has been that disparate intersectional experiences complicate the political representation of the oppressed. Iris Marion Young developed her politics of difference in order to create a common ground for the intersecting voices of those who are oppressed. The aim of this chapter is to expand Young’s idea of the city as source of democratic difference and representation, and more specifically, how the city through innovation and architecture creates pathways to liberation for people with disabilities, immigrants, and those who live in the Global South.
