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This book seeks to bring together different philosophical,
theoretical, and methodological approaches to the study of human
mobility within the discipline of geography. With five thematic
sections - conceptualizing and analyzing mobility, inequalities of
mobility, politics of mobility, decentering mobility, and
qualifying abstraction - and 27 substantive chapters by leading
researchers in the field, it provides a comprehensive overview of
the latest thinking about human mobility and related issues. The
contributors discuss mobility issues as diverse as everyday
mobilities of young people, migrants and refugees, and sex workers;
the relationships between citizenship and mobility; and the
potential and pitfalls of big data for understanding mobility.
This, coupled with a broad international focus, means that
Geographies of Mobility will not only encourage and enrich dialogue
on a theme that is of major importance to varied geographic
research communities, but will also be of great interest to
students and researchers across the wider social sciences. This
book was originally published as a special issue of Annals of the
American Association of Geographers.
Although Foucault's work has been employed and embraced
enthusiastically by some 'mobilities' scholars, discussion across
these two traditions to date has mostly been partial and
unsystematic. Yet Foucault's work can make critical contributions,
for example, to thinking about governing mobilities in contemporary
societies, while conversely mobilities research opens up new
perspectives on Foucault. In combination these bodies of work can
illuminate issues as diverse as: the greater interdependencies
between mobility systems (e.g. transport, tourism, trade, internet
use); the proliferation of the undesired mobilities of viruses, of
natural phenomena like fire, of (what is taken to be) criminality
and other seemingly inevitable by-products of globalisation; the
perceived threats to desirable forms of mobility as constituted by
climate change, peak oil and energy security, and terrorism and
warfare; and the increased popularity of logics of governance
premised on choice, responsibilisation and the (re)coding of
phenomena in economic terms under neo-liberalism. Against this
background, this book brings together the first major collection of
contributions from across the social sciences with a shared
interest in both mobilities and Foucauldian thinking. This book was
published as a special issue of Mobilities.
Although Foucault's work has been employed and embraced
enthusiastically by some 'mobilities' scholars, discussion across
these two traditions to date has mostly been partial and
unsystematic. Yet Foucault's work can make critical contributions,
for example, to thinking about governing mobilities in contemporary
societies, while conversely mobilities research opens up new
perspectives on Foucault. In combination these bodies of work can
illuminate issues as diverse as: the greater interdependencies
between mobility systems (e.g. transport, tourism, trade, internet
use); the proliferation of the undesired mobilities of viruses, of
natural phenomena like fire, of (what is taken to be) criminality
and other seemingly inevitable by-products of globalisation; the
perceived threats to desirable forms of mobility as constituted by
climate change, peak oil and energy security, and terrorism and
warfare; and the increased popularity of logics of governance
premised on choice, responsibilisation and the (re)coding of
phenomena in economic terms under neo-liberalism. Against this
background, this book brings together the first major collection of
contributions from across the social sciences with a shared
interest in both mobilities and Foucauldian thinking. This book was
published as a special issue of Mobilities.
This book seeks to bring together different philosophical,
theoretical, and methodological approaches to the study of human
mobility within the discipline of geography. With five thematic
sections - conceptualizing and analyzing mobility, inequalities of
mobility, politics of mobility, decentering mobility, and
qualifying abstraction - and 27 substantive chapters by leading
researchers in the field, it provides a comprehensive overview of
the latest thinking about human mobility and related issues. The
contributors discuss mobility issues as diverse as everyday
mobilities of young people, migrants and refugees, and sex workers;
the relationships between citizenship and mobility; and the
potential and pitfalls of big data for understanding mobility.
This, coupled with a broad international focus, means that
Geographies of Mobility will not only encourage and enrich dialogue
on a theme that is of major importance to varied geographic
research communities, but will also be of great interest to
students and researchers across the wider social sciences. This
book was originally published as a special issue of Annals of the
American Association of Geographers.
This Handbook provides an authoritative overview of the diversity
of contemporary geographical research on cities and urbanization.
It demonstrates the vibrancy of current research, and the exciting
future of the field. Bringing together different philosophical,
theoretical, and methodological approaches to the study of the city
and the urban, chapters incorporate elements from different
disciplines with international perspectives to create an extensive
reference on contemporary urban geography research. The Handbook of
Urban Geography consists of thirty chapters written by the leading
experts and recognized specialists in the field. Organized into
seven parts, this Handbook explores recent theories and
methodologies, urban networks, redevelopment, inequality,
socialities in the city, urban politics, and sustainability.
Recognizing the interdisciplinary nature of the field, contributing
authors are from across disciplinary boundaries, expanding the
horizons for future geography research. Researchers and academics
in geography, urban studies, and related disciplines will find this
Handbook offers succinct overviews of recent developments in the
literature. Graduate and undergraduate students will also find this
an accessible and useful reference work.
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