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The Routledge Handbook of Mobilities (Paperback)
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The Routledge Handbook of Mobilities (Paperback)
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The 21st century seems to be on the move, perhaps even more so than
the last. With cheap travel, and more than two billion cars
projected worldwide for 2030. And yet, all this mobility is
happening incredibly unevenly, at different paces and intensities,
with varying impacts and consequences to the extent that life on
the move might be actually quite difficult to sustain
environmentally, socially and ethically. As a result 'mobility' has
become a keyword of the social sciences; delineating a new domain
of concepts, approaches, methodologies and techniques which seek to
understand the character and quality of these trends. This Handbook
explores and critically evaluates the debates, approaches,
controversies and methodologies, inherent to this rapidly expanding
discipline. It brings together leading specialists from range of
backgrounds and geographical regions to provide an authoritative
and comprehensive overview of this field, conveying cutting edge
research in an accessible way whilst giving detailed grounding in
the evolution of past debates on mobilities. It illustrates
disciplinary trends and pathways, from migration studies and
transport history to communications research, featuring
methodological innovations and developments and conceptual
histories - from feminist theory to tourist studies. It explores
the dominant figures of mobility, from children to soldiers and the
mobility impaired; the disparate materialities of mobility such as
flows of water and waste to the vectors of viruses; key
infrastructures such as logistics systems to the informal services
of megacity slums, and the important mobility events around which
our world turns; from going on vacation to the commute, to the
catastrophic disruption of mobility systems. The text is
forward-thinking, projecting the future of mobilities as they might
be lived, transformed and studied, and possibly, brought to an end.
International in focus, the book transcends disciplinary and
national boundaries to explore mobilities as they are understood
from different perspectives, different fields, countries and
standpoints. This is an invaluable resource for all those with an
interest in mobility across disciplinary boundaries and areas of
study.
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