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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Domesticating NeoLiberalism
Book SynopsisBased on in-depth research in Poland and Slovakia, Domesticating Neo-Liberalism addresses how we understand the processes of neo-liberalization in post-socialist cities. Builds upon a vast amount of new research data Examines how households try to sustain their livelihoods at particularly dramatic and difficult times of urban transformation Provides a major contribution to how we theorize the geographies of neo-liberalism Offers a conclusion which informs discussions of social policy within European Union enlargement Trade Review “Thanks to its nuanced and multi-layered take on the geographical dimensions of employment, home, land and food provision in late capitalism, this monograph will become essential reading for scholars in the domains of post-socialist area studies, geography, economics, anthropology and sociology, in addition to social, urban and economic development policy practitioners.” (Royal Geographical Society, 2012) "This book makes a valuable contribution to the theorization of neoliberalization by extending it to the realm of the everyday household economy. It is grounded in rich empirical research in working class neighbourhoods in Bratislava and Krakow and argues that households mitigate and tolerate the pernicious social costs of neoliberal reform to achieve social reproduction." (Yahoo Finance, 2 November 2010) Table of ContentsList of Plates, Figures and Tables. Series Editor's Preface. Preface and Acknowledgements. 1. Domesticating Neo-Liberalism and the Spaces of Post-Socialism. 2. Neo-Liberalism and Post-Socialist Transformations. 3. Domesticating Economies: Diverse Economic Practices, Households and Social Reproduction. 4. Work: Employment, Unemployment and the Negotiation of Labour Markets. 5. Housing: Markets, Assets and Social Reproduction. 6. Land and Food: Production, Consumption and Leisure. 7. Care: Family, Social Networks and the State. 8. Conclusion. Bibliography. Appendix 1: Summary Information on Interviewed Households. Appendix 2: Semi-Structured Interviews with Key Informants. Index.
£23.74
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Domesticating NeoLiberalism
Book SynopsisBased on in-depth research in Poland and Slovakia, Domesticating Neo-Liberalism addresses how we understand the processes of neo-liberalization in post-socialist cities. Builds upon a vast amount of new research data Examines how households try to sustain their livelihoods at particularly dramatic and difficult times of urban transformation Provides a major contribution to how we theorize the geographies of neo-liberalism Offers a conclusion which informs discussions of social policy within European Union enlargement Trade Review “Thanks to its nuanced and multi-layered take on the geographical dimensions of employment, home, land and food provision in late capitalism, this monograph will become essential reading for scholars in the domains of post-socialist area studies, geography, economics, anthropology and sociology, in addition to social, urban and economic development policy practitioners.” (Royal Geographical Society, 2012) "This book makes a valuable contribution to the theorization of neoliberalization by extending it to the realm of the everyday household economy. It is grounded in rich empirical research in working class neighbourhoods in Bratislava and Krakow and argues that households mitigate and tolerate the pernicious social costs of neoliberal reform to achieve social reproduction." (Yahoo Finance, 2 November 2010)Table of ContentsList of Plates, Figures and Tables. Series Editor's Preface. Preface and Acknowledgements. 1. Domesticating Neo-Liberalism and the Spaces of Post-Socialism. 2. Neo-Liberalism and Post-Socialist Transformations. 3. Domesticating Economies: Diverse Economic Practices, Households and Social Reproduction. 4. Work: Employment, Unemployment and the Negotiation of Labour Markets. 5. Housing: Markets, Assets and Social Reproduction. 6. Land and Food: Production, Consumption and Leisure. 7. Care: Family, Social Networks and the State. 8. Conclusion. Bibliography. Appendix 1: Summary Information on Interviewed Households. Appendix 2: Semi-Structured Interviews with Key Informants. Index.
£54.00
John Wiley and Sons Ltd A Companion to Health and Medical Geography
Book SynopsisThis Companion provides a comprehensive account of health and medical geography and approaches the major themes and key topics from a variety of angles. Thematically organized sections offer detailed accounts of specific issues and combine general overviews of the current literature with case study material.Trade Review"This companion is an excellent resource. The linkages between chapters and between thematic sections are excellent, providing a comprehensive account of the current state of the subdiscipline." (Environment and Planning B, January 2011) Table of ContentsList of Illustrations viii List of Contributors xi Acknowledgements xxiii 1 Introduction to Health and Medical Geography 1 Tim Brown, Sara McLafferty, and Graham Moon Part I Debates in Health and Medical Geography 13 2 Health Geography 15 Robin Kearns and Damian Collins 3 Medical Geography 33 Jonathan D. Mayer 4 Doubting Dualisms 55 Michael L. Dorn, Carla C. Keirns, and Vincent J. Del Casino Jr Part II Disease 79 5 Disease, Ecology, and Environment 81 Joseph R. Oppong and Adam Harold 6 Mapping Disease 96 Stéphane Rican and Gérard Salem 7 Infectious Disease Diffusion 111 Clive E. Sabel, Dennis Pringle, and Anders Schærström 8 Modeling Chronic Disease 133 Myles Gould 9 Emerging and Re-emerging Diseases 154 Michael Emch and Elisabeth D. Root 10 Situating Politics in Health and Medical Geography 173 Courtney J. Donovan and R. Ian Duncan 11 Living With and Experiencing Disease 188 Vincent J. Del Casino Jr Part III Health and Wellbeing 205 12 Therapeutic Landscapes as Health Promoting Places 207 Allison M. Williams 13 “. . . a Penis Is Not Needed in Order to Pee”: Sex and Gender in Health Geography 224 Matt Sothern and Isabel Dyck 14 Impairment and Disability 242 Vera Chouinard 15 Mental and Emotional Health 258 Hester Parr and Joyce Davidson 16 Landscapes of Despair 278 Geoffrey DeVerteuil and Josh Evans 17 Representing the Un/healthy Body 301 Susan Craddock and Tim Brown Part IV Public Health and Health Inequalities 323 18 Health Geography and Public Health 325 Sarah Curtis, Mylène Riva, and Mark Rosenberg 19 Migration and Health 346 Paul Boyle and Paul Norman 20 Social Perspectives on Health Inequalities 375 Vani S. Kulkarni and S. V. Subramanian 21 Neighborhoods and Health 399 Anne Ellaway and Sally Macintyre 22 An Environmental Health Geography of Risk 418 Michael Jerrett with Sara Gale and Caitlin Kontgis 23 Environment, Perception, and Resistance 446 Susan J. Elliott 24 Healthy Behavior 460 Liz Twigg and Lynda Cooper 25 Governing Un/healthy Populations 477 Tim Brown and Duika L. Burges Watson Part V Health Care and Caring 495 26 Providing Health Care 497 Ross Barnett and Alison Copeland 27 Accessing Health Care 521 Thomas C. Ricketts 28 Location-allocation Planning 540 Frank Tanser, Peter Gething, and Peter Atkinson 29 The Changing Geography of Care 567 Christine Milligan and Andrew Power 30 Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM): Production, Consumption, Research 587 Gavin J. Andrews, Jon Adams, and Jeremy Segrott Index 604
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd A Companion to Cultural Geography
Book SynopsisA Companion to Cultural Geography brings together original contributions from 35 distinguished international scholars to provide a critical overview of this dynamic and influential field of study.Trade Review"Finally, a text that brings the major contributions of the ‘new cultural geography’ and its relationship to cultural studies into rich relief. A Companion to Cultural Geography comprises a series of outstanding essays on contemporary cultural geographies of nature, identity, landscape, and power. Each of the essays engages with broader debates in cultural studies and social theory, and with the role of theory, methodology and practice in contemporary human geography. This Companion will be invaluable to students, teachers, and researchers alike." John Pickles, UNC Chapel Hill "A Companion to Cultural Geography provides excellent company for a range of journeys that cultural geographers may be planning to embark upon... This is a book that academics cultural geographers will want to have on their bookshelves, and on the shelves of their libraries, as a resource for themselves and their senior undergraduate and postgraduate students, because these companions will speed many an academic journey." Cultural GeographiesTable of ContentsNotes on Contributors viii List of Figures and Tables xiii 1 Introduction 1James S. Duncan, Nuala C. Johnson, and Richard H. Schein Part I Introducing Cultural Geographies 9 2 Cultural Traditions 11Richard H. Schein 3 Cultural Turns 24Heidi Scott 4 A Critique of the Cultural Turn 38Clive Barnett Part II Theoretical Intersections 49 5 Historical Materialism and Marxism 51Don Mitchell 6 Feminisms 66Joanne Sharp 7 Poststructuralism 79Deborah P. Dixon and John Paul Jones III 8 Psychoanalytic Approaches 108Paul Kingsbury 9 Performance and Performativity: A Geography of Unknown Lands 121Nigel Thrift Part III Nature/Culture 137 10 Cultures of Science 139David N. Livingstone 11 Nature and Culture: On the Career of a False Problem 151Bruce Braun 12 Cultural Ecology 180Paul Robbins 13 Environmental History 194Gerry Kearns 14 Ethics and the Human Environment 209Jonathan M. Smith Part IV Culture And Identity 221 15 Nationalism 223John Agnew 16 Critical ‘Race’ Approaches to Cultural Geography 238Audrey Kobayashi 17 Social Class 250Nancy Duncan and Stephen Legg 18 Sexuality 265Richard Phillips 19 The Body 279Michael Landzelius 20 Consumption 298James Kneale and Claire Dwyer 21 Public Memory 316Nuala C. Johnson Part V Landscapes 329 22 Economic Landscapes 331Susan Roberts 23 Political Landscapes 347Karen E. Till 24 Religious Landscapes 365Lily Kong 25 Landscapes of Home 382James S. Duncan and David Lambert 26 Landscapes of Childhood and Youth 404Elizabeth A. Gagen 27 Landscape in Film 420Robert Shannan Peckham 28 Landscape and Art 430Stephen Daniels Part VI Colonial and Postcolonial Geographies 447 29 Imperial Geographies 449Daniel Clayton 30 Postcolonial Geographies 469James R. Ryan 31 Diaspora 485Carl Dahlman 32 Transnationalism 499Cheryl McEwan Index 513
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Arsenic Pollution
Book SynopsisArsenic Pollution summarizes the most current research on the distribution and causes of arsenic pollution, its impact on health and agriculture, and solutions by way of water supply, treatment, and water resource management. Provides the first global and interdisciplinary account of arsenic pollution occurrences Integrates geochemistry, hydrology, agriculture, and water supply and treatment for the first time Options are highlighted for developing alternative water sources and methods for arsenic testing and removal Appeals to specialists in one discipline seeking an overview of the work being done in other disciplines Trade Review"Overall, a wide-ranging yet detailed study of arsenic pollution in the water environment is provide, covering many of the subfields that make up the discipline of geography, including chemistry, socioeconomics and politics, to name but a few.... Arsenic Pollution provides a highly effective contemporary synthesis of this field." (Area, 2011) "This is an excellent book. For those seeking first-time knowledge, as well as those seeking to enhance their existing understanding about arsenic and recent research developments, there is probably no better book currently available." (Geoscientist, September 2009) "An excellent contribution to the field, and is clear and well written with ample figures and tables, and an extensive bibliography." (Experiment Agriculture, 2009)Table of ContentsList of Figures. List of Tables. Series Editors’ Preface. Acknowledgements. List of Abbreviations. Glossary. 1. Introduction. 1.1. Background. 1.2. The Nature of Arsenic Pollution. 1.3. History of Natural Arsenic Contamination. 1.4. Arsenic Pollution. 1.5. Risk, Perception and Social Impacts. 1.6. Water-supply Mitigation. 1.7. Structure and Scope of the Book. 2. Hydrogeochemistry of Arsenic. 2.1. Introduction. 2.2. The Chemistry of Normal and Arsenic-Rich Groundwaters. 2.3. Adsorption and Desorption of Arsenic. 2.4. The Role of Sulphur in Strongly Reducing Groundwater. 2.5. Arsenic and Microbial Activity. 2.6. Arsenic Mobilisation Mechanisms. 2.7. Associations of Arsenic with other Trace Elements. 2.8. Arsenic Pollution and Mining. 2.9. Summary. Annexe 2.1. Analysis of Arsenic in Natural Waters. 3. The Hydrogeology of Arsenic. 3.1. Introduction. 3.2. Arsenic in Rocks and Sediments. 3.3. Arsenic in River Water and Sediment. 3.4. Geo-environmental Associations of Arsenic in Groundwater. 3.5. Geochemical Processes in their Geological Context. 3.6. Behaviour of Arsenic in Aquifers. 3.7. Case Histories of Arsenic-affected Aquifers. 3.8. Implications of Long-term Pumping of Arsenic Contaminated Groundwater. 3.9. Summary and Conclusions. 4. Soils and Agriculture. 4.1. Introduction. 4.2. Arsenic in Soils. 4.3. Irrigation with Arsenic-contaminated Water. 4.4. Arsenic Uptake by plants. 4.5. Options for Arsenic Management. 4.6. Research and Development Needs. 5. Health Effects of Arsenic in Drinking Water and Food. 5.1. Introduction. 5.2. A Short History of the Health Effects of Chronic Arsenic Poisoning. 5.3. Toxicity of Arsenic Compounds. 5.4. Environmental Exposure to Arsenic. 5.5. Acute Arsenic Poisoning. 5.6. Dermatological Manifestations. 5.7. Carcinogenic effects. 5.8. Systemic Non-carcinogenic Effects. 5.9. Social and Psychological Effects. 5.10. Effect of Other Toxic and Trace Elements. 5.11. Geographical differences in Health Effects. 5.12. Case History of Arsenic Exposure in Murshidabad District, West Bengal. 5.13. Diagnosis and Treatment of Arsenicosis. 5.14. Removing Exposure to Arsenic. 5.15. Summary and Recommendations. 6. Water-supply Mitigation. 6.1. Introduction. 6.2. Approaches to Water-supply Mitigation. 6.3. Surveys of Arsenic Affected Areas. 6.4. Exploiting Safe Groundwater Sources. 6.5. Developing Surface Water Sources. 6.6. Arsenic in Water Distribution Networks. 6.7. Socio-economic Aspects of Mitigation. 6.8. Policy and Planning Initiatives. 6.9. Monitoring and Evaluation of Water-supply Mitigation Programmes. 6.10. Summary. Annexe 6.1. Arsenic Survey Procedures. 7. Removing Arsenic from Drinking Water. 7.1. Introduction. 7.2. Water Quality Issues. 7.3. Methods of Arsenic Removal. 7.4. Aquifer Clean-up. 7.5. Disposing of Waste from Treatment Processes. 7.6. Examples and Operational Experience of Arsenic Removal Technologies. 7.7. Costs of Arsenic Removal. 7.8. Guidance for Selecting Treatment Methods and Technologies. 7.9. Case Study of Water Treatment Requirements in Bangladesh. 7.10. Future Needs. 8. Arsenic in Asia. 8.1. Introduction. 8.2. South Asia. 8.3. Southeast Asia. 8.4. China. 8.5. East Asia. 8.6. Western, Central and Northern Asia. 8.7. Suspect Terrain and Research Needs. Annexe 8.1. The British Geological Survey Court Case. 9. Arsenic in North America and Europe. 9.1. Introduction. 9.2. United States of America and Canada. 9.3. Mexico. 9.4. Europe. 9.5. Suspect Terrain and Research Needs. 10. Arsenic in South and Central America, Africa, Australia and Oceania. 10.1. Introduction. 10.2. South and Central America. 10.3. Africa. 10.4. Australasia. 10.5. Arsenic in the Ocean Basins. 10.6. Suspect Terrain and Research Needs. 11. Synthesis, Conclusions and Recommendations. 11.1. Scale and Impact of Arsenic Pollution. 11.2. Chemistry, Cause and Prediction. 11.3. Agricultural Impacts, Prospects and Needs. 11.4. Water-supply Mitigation. 11.5. Sustainability Issues. 11.6. Geographical Perspectives. 11.7. The Politics of Arsenic Pollution and Mitigation. 11.8. Ten Priority Actions. Notes. References. Index
£33.24
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Arsenic Pollution
Book SynopsisArsenic Pollution summarizes the most current research on the distribution and causes of arsenic pollution, its impact on health and agriculture, and solutions by way of water supply, treatment, and water resource management. Provides the first global and interdisciplinary account of arsenic pollution occurrences Integrates geochemistry, hydrology, agriculture, and water supply and treatment for the first time Options are highlighted for developing alternative water sources and methods for arsenic testing and removal Appeals to specialists in one discipline seeking an overview of the work being done in other disciplines Trade Review"Overall, a wide-ranging yet detailed study of arsenic pollution in the water environment is provide, covering many of the subfields that make up the discipline of geography, including chemistry, socioeconomics and politics, to name but a few.... Arsenic Pollution provides a highly effective contemporary synthesis of this field." (Area, 2011) "This is an excellent book. For those seeking first-time knowledge, as well as those seeking to enhance their existing understanding about arsenic and recent research developments, there is probably no better book currently available." (Geoscientist, September 2009) "An excellent contribution to the field, and is clear and well written with ample figures and tables, and an extensive bibliography." (Experiment Agriculture, 2009)Table of ContentsList of Figures. List of Tables. Series Editors’ Preface. Acknowledgements. List of Abbreviations. Glossary. 1. Introduction. 1.1. Background. 1.2. The Nature of Arsenic Pollution. 1.3. History of Natural Arsenic Contamination. 1.4. Arsenic Pollution. 1.5. Risk, Perception and Social Impacts. 1.6. Water-supply Mitigation. 1.7. Structure and Scope of the Book. 2. Hydrogeochemistry of Arsenic. 2.1. Introduction. 2.2. The Chemistry of Normal and Arsenic-Rich Groundwaters. 2.3. Adsorption and Desorption of Arsenic. 2.4. The Role of Sulphur in Strongly Reducing Groundwater. 2.5. Arsenic and Microbial Activity. 2.6. Arsenic Mobilisation Mechanisms. 2.7. Associations of Arsenic with other Trace Elements. 2.8. Arsenic Pollution and Mining. 2.9. Summary. Annexe 2.1. Analysis of Arsenic in Natural Waters. 3. The Hydrogeology of Arsenic. 3.1. Introduction. 3.2. Arsenic in Rocks and Sediments. 3.3. Arsenic in River Water and Sediment. 3.4. Geo-environmental Associations of Arsenic in Groundwater. 3.5. Geochemical Processes in their Geological Context. 3.6. Behaviour of Arsenic in Aquifers. 3.7. Case Histories of Arsenic-affected Aquifers. 3.8. Implications of Long-term Pumping of Arsenic Contaminated Groundwater. 3.9. Summary and Conclusions. 4. Soils and Agriculture. 4.1. Introduction. 4.2. Arsenic in Soils. 4.3. Irrigation with Arsenic-contaminated Water. 4.4. Arsenic Uptake by plants. 4.5. Options for Arsenic Management. 4.6. Research and Development Needs. 5. Health Effects of Arsenic in Drinking Water and Food. 5.1. Introduction. 5.2. A Short History of the Health Effects of Chronic Arsenic Poisoning. 5.3. Toxicity of Arsenic Compounds. 5.4. Environmental Exposure to Arsenic. 5.5. Acute Arsenic Poisoning. 5.6. Dermatological Manifestations. 5.7. Carcinogenic effects. 5.8. Systemic Non-carcinogenic Effects. 5.9. Social and Psychological Effects. 5.10. Effect of Other Toxic and Trace Elements. 5.11. Geographical differences in Health Effects. 5.12. Case History of Arsenic Exposure in Murshidabad District, West Bengal. 5.13. Diagnosis and Treatment of Arsenicosis. 5.14. Removing Exposure to Arsenic. 5.15. Summary and Recommendations. 6. Water-supply Mitigation. 6.1. Introduction. 6.2. Approaches to Water-supply Mitigation. 6.3. Surveys of Arsenic Affected Areas. 6.4. Exploiting Safe Groundwater Sources. 6.5. Developing Surface Water Sources. 6.6. Arsenic in Water Distribution Networks. 6.7. Socio-economic Aspects of Mitigation. 6.8. Policy and Planning Initiatives. 6.9. Monitoring and Evaluation of Water-supply Mitigation Programmes. 6.10. Summary. Annexe 6.1. Arsenic Survey Procedures. 7. Removing Arsenic from Drinking Water. 7.1. Introduction. 7.2. Water Quality Issues. 7.3. Methods of Arsenic Removal. 7.4. Aquifer Clean-up. 7.5. Disposing of Waste from Treatment Processes. 7.6. Examples and Operational Experience of Arsenic Removal Technologies. 7.7. Costs of Arsenic Removal. 7.8. Guidance for Selecting Treatment Methods and Technologies. 7.9. Case Study of Water Treatment Requirements in Bangladesh. 7.10. Future Needs. 8. Arsenic in Asia. 8.1. Introduction. 8.2. South Asia. 8.3. Southeast Asia. 8.4. China. 8.5. East Asia. 8.6. Western, Central and Northern Asia. 8.7. Suspect Terrain and Research Needs. Annexe 8.1. The British Geological Survey Court Case. 9. Arsenic in North America and Europe. 9.1. Introduction. 9.2. United States of America and Canada. 9.3. Mexico. 9.4. Europe. 9.5. Suspect Terrain and Research Needs. 10. Arsenic in South and Central America, Africa, Australia and Oceania. 10.1. Introduction. 10.2. South and Central America. 10.3. Africa. 10.4. Australasia. 10.5. Arsenic in the Ocean Basins. 10.6. Suspect Terrain and Research Needs. 11. Synthesis, Conclusions and Recommendations. 11.1. Scale and Impact of Arsenic Pollution. 11.2. Chemistry, Cause and Prediction. 11.3. Agricultural Impacts, Prospects and Needs. 11.4. Water-supply Mitigation. 11.5. Sustainability Issues. 11.6. Geographical Perspectives. 11.7. The Politics of Arsenic Pollution and Mitigation. 11.8. Ten Priority Actions. Notes. References. Index
£61.75
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Environment and Society
Book SynopsisEnvironment and Society: A Critical Introduction is an overview of the diverse conceptual tools and traditions for thinking about, explaining and addressing the environmental challenges we face in the contemporary world. Provides an introduction to the environmental challenges we face in the contemporary world through foundational theoretical ideas illustrated with concrete, everyday examples Utilizes compelling, conversational language to expound on theory, history, and scientific topics, making the text accessible to a diverse readership Draws upon contemporary theoretical understandings in nature/society theory while demonstrating through practice and deployment Includes discussion of key historical events, topical issues, and policies, as well as scientific concepts Trade Review"Combining theory and case material, this title provides an accessible insight into one of the most important issues of our time." (The Environmentalist, May 2010)Table of ContentsList of Figures. List of Tables. List of Text Boxes. Acknowledgments. 1 Introduction: The View from Clifton Bridge. What Is This Book? Part I Approaches and Perspectives. 2 Population and Scarcity. A Crowded Desert City. The Problem of "Geometric" Growth. Population, Development, and Environment Impact. The Other Side of the Coin: Population and Innovation. Limits to Population: An Effect Rather than a Cause? Thinking with Population. 3 Markets and Commodities. The Bet. Managing Environmental Bads: The Coase Theorem. Market Failure. Market-Based Solutions to Environmental Problems. Beyond Market Failure: Gaps between Nature and Economy. Thinking with Markets. 4 Institutions and "The Commons". Controlling Carbon? The Prisoner's Dilemma. The Tragedy of the Commons. The Evidence and Logic of Collective Action. Crafting Sustainable Environmental Institutions. Are All Commoners Equal? Does Scale Matter? Thinking with Institutions. 5 Environmental Ethics. The Price of Cheap Meat. Improving Nature: From Biblical Tradition to John Locke. Gifford Pinchot vs. John Muir in Yosemite, California. Aldo Leopold and "The Land Ethic". Liberation for Animals! Holism, Scientism, and Pragmatism? Oh My! Thinking with Ethics. 6 Risks and Hazards. The Great Flood of 1993. Environments as Hazard. The Problem of Risk Perception. Risk as Culture. Beyond Risk: The Political Economy of Hazards. Thinking with Hazards and Risk. 7 Political Economy. The Strange Logic of "Under-pollution". Labor, Accumulation, and Crisis. Production of Nature. Global Capitalism and the Ecology of Uneven Development. Social Reproduction and Nature. Environments and Economism. Thinking with Political Economy. 8 Social Construction of Nature. Welcome to the Jungle. So You Say It’s "Natural"? Environmental Discourse. The Limits of Constructivism: Science, Relativism, and the Very Material World. Thinking with Construction. Part II Objects of Concern. 9 Carbon Dioxide. Stuck in Pittsburgh Traffic. A Short History of CO2. Institutions: Climate Free-Riders and Carbon Cooperation. Markets: Trading More Gases, Buying Less Carbon. Political Economy: Who Killed the Atmosphere? The Carbon Puzzle. 10 Trees. Chained to a Tree in Berkeley California. A Short History of Trees. Population and Markets: The Forest Transition Theory. Political Economy: Accumulation and Deforestation. Ethics, Justice, and Equity: Should Trees Have Standing? The Tree Puzzle. 11 Wolves. January 12, 1995, Yellowstone National Park. A Short History of Wolves. Ethics: Rewilding the Northeast. Institutions: Stakeholder Management. Social Construction: Of Wolves and Men Masculinity. The Wolf Puzzle. 12 Tuna. Blood Tuna. A Short History of Tuna. Markets and Commodities: Eco-Labels to the Rescue?. Political Economy: Re-regulating Fishery Economies. Ethics and Ecocentrism: The Social Construction of Charismatic Species. The Tuna Puzzle. 13 Bottled Water. A Tale of Two Bottles. A Short History of Bottled Water. Population: Bottling for Scarcity? Risk: Health and Safety in a Bottle? Political Economy: Manufacturing Demand on an Enclosed Commons. The Bottled Water Puzzle. 14 French Fries. MMM-MMM Good. A Short History of the Fry. Risk Analysis: Eating What We Choose and Choosing What We Eat. Political Economy: Eat Fries or Else! Ethics: Protecting or Engineering Potato Heritage? The French Fry Puzzle. Glossary. References. Index.
£87.35
John Wiley and Sons Ltd A Companion to Social Geography
Book SynopsisThis volume traces the complexity of social geography in both its historical and present contexts, while challenging readers to reflect critically on the tensions that run through social geographic thought. The text is organized to provide a new set of conceptual lenses through which social geographies can be discussed.Trade Review"Social Geography succeeds in providing useful and accessible supplementary reading for those interested in social geography. Summing Up: Recommended. All academic levels/libraries." (Choice, 1 November 2011)Table of ContentsList of Illustrations viii List of Contributors ix 1 Introduction 1 Vincent J. Del Casino Jr., Mary E. Thomas, Paul Cloke, and Ruth Panelli Part I Ontological Tensions in/of Society and Space 11 Introduction 11 Paul Cloke 2 Difference 17 Sarah de Leeuw, Audrey Kobayashi, and Emilie Cameron 3 Identifi cation 37 Katharine McKinnon 4 Social Natures 55 Katharine Meehan and Jennifer L. Rice 5 Economie$ 72 Geoff Mann 6 Community 91 Marcia England 7 Belonging 108 Caroline Nagel Part II Thinking and Doing Social Geographies 125 Introduction 125 Vincent J. Del Casino Jr. 8 Knowing/Doing 131 Richard Howitt 9 Framing the Field 146 Joanne Sharp and Lorraine Dowler 10 On the Ground 161 Bettina van Hoven and Louise Meijering 11 Leaving the Field 181 Carolyn Gallaher 12 The Worldly Work of Writing Social Geography 198 Lieba Faier 13 Participatory Praxis and Social Justice 214 mrs c kinpaisby-hill 14 Using Social Geography 235 Sarah Johnsen Part III Matters and Meaning 251 Introduction 252 Mary E. Thomas 15 Molecular Life 257 Gail Davies 16 Psychic Life 275 Hester Parr and Joyce Davidson 17 Sexual Life 293 Gavin Brown, Kath Browne, and Jason Lim 18 Emotional Life 309 Deborah Thien 19 Affective Life 326 Keith Woodward 20 Embodied Life 346 Isabel Dyck 21 Discursive Life 362 Chris Philo 22 Spiritual Life 385 Julian Holloway 23 Virtual Life 401 Mike Crang Part IV Power and Politics 417 Introduction 417 Ruth Panelli 24 Geopolitics 421 Nancy Hiemstra and Alison Mountz 25 The Geographies of Marginalization 437 Dan Trudeau and Chris McMorran 26 Care and Caring 454 David Conradson 27 The Challenges of and from Indigenous Geographies 472 Brad Coombes, Nicole Gombay, Jay T. Johnson, and Wendy S. Shaw 28 Transnational Geographies and Human Rights 490 Amy Ross 29 Resistance(s) and Collective Social Action 508 Paul Chatterton and Nik Heynen Index 526
£36.05
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Urban Geography
Book SynopsisUrban Geography a comprehensive introduction to a variety of issues relating to contemporary urban geography, including patterns and processes of urbanization, urban development, urban planning, and life experiences in modern cities. Reveals both the diversity of ordinary urban geographies and the networks, flows and relations which increasingly connect cities and urban spaces at the global scale Uses the city as a lens for proposing and developing critical concepts which show how wider social processes, relations, and power structures are changing Considers the experiences, lives, practices, struggles, and words of ordinary urban residents and marginalized social groups rather than exclusively those of urban elites Shows readers how to develop critical perspectives on dominant neoliberal representations of the city and explore the great diversity of urban worlds Trade Review“I like this book for the above points. The authors have succeeded to stir thoughts about urbanization and to appreciate urban geography from an alternative perspective. This book would be particularly helpful to students and those involved in urbanization processes, including businesses.” (3D Visualization World Magazine, 24 June 2015) Table of ContentsList of Figures vii List of Tables xi List of Boxes xii Acknowledgments xiv Preface xvi 1 Approaching the City 1 2 Cities for Whom? The Contours and Commitments of Critical Urban Geography 27 3 Production, Economy, and the City 53 4 A World of Cities 77 5 Labor and the City 100 6 The City and Social Reproduction 122 7 Governing the City: The State, Urban Planning, and Politics 141 8 Experiencing Cities 162 9 Molding and Marketing the Image of the City 184 10 Nature and Environment in the City 206 11 Urban Arts and Visual Cultures 229 12 Alternative Urban Spaces and Politics 252 13 Urban Crises 274 14 Epilogue: Critical Urban Geographies and Their Futures 299 Glossary 307 References 325 Index 347
£74.05
John Wiley and Sons Ltd In the Nature of Landscape
Book SynopsisIn the Nature of Landscape presents regional cultural landscape as a new direction for research in cultural geography. Represents the first cultural geographic study of the Norfolk Broads region of eastern England Addresses regional cultural landscape through consideration of narratives of landscape origin, debates over human conduct, the animal and plant landscapes of the region, and visions of the ends of landscape through pollution and flood Draws upon in-depth original research, spanning almost two decades of archival work, interviews, and field study Covers a great diversity of topics, from popular culture to scientific research, folk song to holiday diaries, planning survey to pioneering photography, and ornithology to children's literature Features a variety of illustrative material, including original photographs, paintings, photography, advertising imagery, scientific diagrams, maps, and souvenirs Table of ContentsSeries Editors’ Preface vi List of Illustrations vii Preface and Acknowledgements ix List of Abbreviations xii 1 Cultural Geography on the Norfolk Broads 1 2 Origins 39 3 Conduct 55 Icon I: Wherry 96 4 Animal Landscapes 106 5 Plant Landscapes 142 Icon II: Windmill 173 6 The Ends of Landscape 182 7 Concluding 215 Notes 224 References 238 Index 270
£54.00
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Places of Possibility
Book SynopsisThrough original research conducted in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, Places of Possibility shows how community land ownership can open up the political, social, environmental, and economic terrain to more socially just and sustainable possibilities than private ownership. Reveals how community land ownership is more just and sustainable than private ownership Features original theoretical insights into ideas of property and nature that disrupt the process of neoliberalisation Based on original research conducted by the author in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland Trade Review“As Fiona Mackenzie demonstrates in her important new book, the Highlands and Hebrides have become, in recent years, the center of a sustained effort to construct an alternative, place-based and more generous politics to that of a neoliberal imaginary … Mackenzie has written a book that is thrilling in its optimism and hopefulness. She convincingly explains in compelling detail the hopeful possibilities of the re-commoning in the Hebrides and Highlands. This is rarely the stuff of academic study but is at the heart of Places of Possibility’s profound ambitions and most important contribution: anticipating ‘more socially, environmentally and economically generous postneoliberalisms’.” (Antipode, 1 September 2013)Table of ContentsList of Maps viii List of Photographs ix List of Tables x Acknowledgements xi 1 Placing Possibility 1 2 Working Property 34 3 Working Nature 79 4 Working the Wind 127 5 Working Places 175 6 Conclusion – Working Possibilities 214 References 227 Index 248
£18.99
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Millionaire Migrants
Book SynopsisBased on extensive interviewing and access to a wide range of databases, this is an examination of the migration career of wealthy migrants who left East Asia and relocated to Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the United States, in the 1980s and 1990s. An interdisciplinary project based on over 15 years of research in Vancouver, Toronto, and Hong Kong, with additional comparative visits and consultations in Sydney, Beijing, and Singapore Traces the histories of the migrants families over a 25 year period Offers a critical view of the spatial presuppositions of neo-liberal globalization, and an insertion of geography into transnational theory Trade Review"Millionaire Migrants is well illustrated, written in an approachable style and supplemented with an extensive bibliography. Scholars and students in migration studies, especially those who are interested in the Vancouver case, will certainly find this book enjoyable and useful." (Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 10 November 2011) "This is a book to dip into to find inspiration." (PPR, May 2010)‘Students of international migrants typically focus on the trials and tribulations of poor and low-skilled people in a not very welcoming society. Their work, while valuable, does not always reflect the intricacies of the processes of international mobility and transnational connectivity as we know them today. David Ley’s multi-level study is a welcome correction to this one-sided representation. He carefully addresses the various aspects of the complex lives of millionaire migrants, resulting in a well-written and insightful book.’ —Jan Rath, Institute for Migration and Ethnic Studies (IMES), University of Amsterdam ‘In Millionaire Migrants, David Ley once more demonstrates his international leadership in the field of social and cultural Geography, with this dazzling account of the transnational circulatory flows of Chinese between East Asia and Canada. Ley sees through the claims made for the success of business migration to the rather more modest achievements underneath.’ —Ceri Peach, University of OxfordTable of ContentsList of Figures. List of Tables. Series Editors' Preface. Acknowledgements. 1 Introduction: Trans-Pacific Mobility and the New Immigration Paradigm. 2 Transition: From the Orient to the Pacifi c Rim. 3 Calculating Agents: Millionaire Migrants Meet the Canadian State. 4 Geography (still) Matters: Homo Economicus and the Business Immigration Programme. 5 Embodied Real Estate: The Cultural Mobility of Property. 6 Immigrant Reception: Contesting Globalization… or Resistant Racism? 7 Establishing Roots: From the Nuclear Family to Substantive Citizenship. 8 Roots and Routes: The Myth of Return or Transnational Circulation? 9 Conclusion: Immigrants in Space. Notes. References. Index.
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Johns Hopkins University Press Across This Land
Book SynopsisA fascinating overview of the lands and peoples of the United States and Canada, both past and present. Based on decades of research and written in clear, concise prose by one of the foremost geographers in North America, John C. Hudson's Across This Land is a comprehensive regional geography of the North American continent. Dividing the terrain into ten regions, which are then subdivided into twenty-seven smaller areas, Hudson's brisk narrative reveals the dynamic processes of each area's distinctive place-specific characteristics. Focusing on how human activities have shaped and have been shaped by the natural environment, Hudson considers physical, political, and historical geography. He also highlights related topics, including resource exploitation, economic development, and population change. Praised in its first edition as a readable and reliable interpretation of United States and Canadian geography, the revised Across This Land retains these strengths while adding substantiaTable of ContentsList of MapsPrefaceReferencesPART I. Atlantic Canada and QuebecChapter 1. Newfoundland and LabradorChapter 2. QuebecChapter 3. The MaritimesPART II. The NortheastChapter 4. New EnglandChapter 5. New York and OntarioChapter 6. The Middle AtlanticPART III. The Upland SouthChapter 7. The Southern AppalachiansChapter 8. The Interior Low PlateausChapter 9. The Ozarks and the OuachitasPART IV. The Lowland SouthChapter 10. The Southeastern Piedmont and the Coastal PlainChapter 11. The Florida Peninsula Chapter 12. The Gulf Coastal Plain and the Alluvial Mississippi ValleyPART V. The Middle WestChapter 13. The Corn BeltChapter 14. The Lower Great LakesPART VI. The Central PlainsChapter 15. Prairie Wheat LandsChapter 16. Texas and the Southern PlainsPART VII. The Western Plains and the Rocky MountainsChapter 17. The Southern Rocky Mountains and the High PlainsChapter 18. The Missouri PlateauPART VIII. The Intermountain WestChapter 19. The Northern Rocky Mountains and the Columbia–Snake PlateauChapter 20. The Great BasinChapter 21. The Colorado Plateau and the Desert SouthwestPART IX. The NorthChapter 22. The Upper Great LakesChapter 23. The Canadian ShieldChapter 24. The Far NorthPART X. The Pacific RealmChapter 25. The Pacific NorthwestChapter 26. CaliforniaChapter 27. HawaiiIndex
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Temple University Press,U.S. Understanding Crime and Place
Book SynopsisA hands-on introduction to the fundamental techniques and methods used for understanding geography of crimeTrade Review“Understanding Crime and Place is an impressive collection of methods in spatial criminology. It sets itself apart through its breadth, depth, and practical orientation. The editors and contributors cover just about everything one needs to conduct an empirical research study on place-based crime, starting with theory and moving on to data collection, spatial units, and all the way to evaluation methods. The scope and accessibility of Understanding Crime and Place will appeal to a wide range of expertise levels. This book deserves to be on the bookshelf of any criminologist interested in the influences of place and space on crime.”—Michael Townsley, Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Griffith University, and editor of Environmental Criminology and Crime Analysis (Second Edition)“An understanding of place is as important to the study of crime as an appreciation of victims, offenders, and police. The consistency of geography allows for reliable measurements and objective analyses, enabling the development of practical crime prevention and control techniques. This methods handbook establishes a solid theoretical and methodological foundation, and the broad range of conceptual, measurement, and analytic topics discussed by the contributors will be appreciated by scholars and practitioners alike.”—D. Kim Rossmo, Professor, School of Criminal Justice and Criminology, Texas State University, and author of Criminal Investigative Failures"Overall, the handbook serves as an excellent primer for anyone interested in crime and place research. It supplies readers with the cutting-edge analytic techniques being used in the field. The book still pays homage to communities and crime research by including sections on larger spatial units such as neighborhoods.... In the years ahead, people should come to see the book as foundational given the book can serve researchers, practitioners, instructors, and students."—Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books
£105.40
Temple University Press,U.S. Understanding Crime and Place
Book SynopsisA hands-on introduction to the fundamental techniques and methods used for understanding geography of crimeTrade Review“Understanding Crime and Place is an impressive collection of methods in spatial criminology. It sets itself apart through its breadth, depth, and practical orientation. The editors and contributors cover just about everything one needs to conduct an empirical research study on place-based crime, starting with theory and moving on to data collection, spatial units, and all the way to evaluation methods. The scope and accessibility of Understanding Crime and Place will appeal to a wide range of expertise levels. This book deserves to be on the bookshelf of any criminologist interested in the influences of place and space on crime.”—Michael Townsley, Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Griffith University, and editor of Environmental Criminology and Crime Analysis (Second Edition)“An understanding of place is as important to the study of crime as an appreciation of victims, offenders, and police. The consistency of geography allows for reliable measurements and objective analyses, enabling the development of practical crime prevention and control techniques. This methods handbook establishes a solid theoretical and methodological foundation, and the broad range of conceptual, measurement, and analytic topics discussed by the contributors will be appreciated by scholars and practitioners alike.”—D. Kim Rossmo, Professor, School of Criminal Justice and Criminology, Texas State University, and author of Criminal Investigative Failures"Overall, the handbook serves as an excellent primer for anyone interested in crime and place research. It supplies readers with the cutting-edge analytic techniques being used in the field. The book still pays homage to communities and crime research by including sections on larger spatial units such as neighborhoods.... In the years ahead, people should come to see the book as foundational given the book can serve researchers, practitioners, instructors, and students."—Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books
£52.70
Temple University Press,U.S. Loving Orphaned Space
Book SynopsisHow we relate to orphaned space matters. Voids, marginalia, empty spacesfrom abandoned gas stations to polluted waterwaysare created and maintained by politics, and often go unquestioned. In Loving Orphaned Space, Mrill Ingram provides a call to action to claim and to cherish these neglected spaces and make them a source of inspiration through art and/or remuneration.Ingram advocates not only for urban greening and green planning, but also for radical caring. These efforts create awareness and understanding of ecological connectivity and environmental justice issuesfrom the expropriation of land from tribal nations, to how race and class issues contribute to creating orphaned space. Case studies feature artists, scientists, and community collaborations in Chicago, New York, and Fargo, ND, where grounded and practical work of a fundamentally feminist nature challenges us to build networks of connection and care.The work of environmental artists who venture into and transform these discoTrade Review“In a time when people need places to gather and be outside in nature, Loving Orphaned Space is an essential guide for how to activate forgotten spaces in our landscape. It strikes the perfect balance of being inspiring and practical. With lively examples and impressive research, Ingram took me by the hand and walked me through the nuances of working with orphaned spaces. If only I had this book when I started out as an eco-artist!”—Stacy Levy, artist“In this remarkable book, Mrill Ingram challenges us to think of vacant land not as abandoned but as orphaned. She takes us on tours where we meet communities and artists who have adopted orphaned land and are using community art to care for these places. Ingram’s stories have changed the way I see and think about the land around me. I now see orphaned land wherever I go, and because of this book, I know how—and why—to love and care for these places.”—Samuel Dennis Jr., Professor of Planning and Landscape Architecture and Director of the Environmental Design Lab at the University of Wisconsin–Madison"As a result of the book’s cross-categorical structure, it has a broad range of appeal, connecting ecological restoration to activism, social justice, art and environmentalism, and public engagement. It also presents a model for collaboration: bringing together artists and scientists to work with community groups. I can envision an urban planning studio project focusing on caring for orphaned space as a rich and meaningful life experience for students."—Journal of Urban Affairs"Loving Orphaned Space offers important insights into nature-society relations regarding dwelling, home and belonging, and a conceptual framework about processes of disconnection that also materialize in housing.... [T]he book is recommended to urban scholars, artists, activists, or anyone with an interest in ecological restoration, maintenance and repair studies, feminist ethics, or creative and collaborative knowledge production."—Housing Studies
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University of Toronto Press Borderline Canadianness
Book SynopsisBorderline Canadianness offers a unique ethnographic approach to Canadian border life. The accounts of local residents, taken from interviews and press reports in Ontario's Niagara region, demonstrate how borders and everyday nationalism are articulated in complex ways.Trade Review"Borderline Canadianness is meticulous in all its particulars. Helleiner is rigorous in her review of relevant literature, in how she uses it both in constructing the interview grid and analyzing her results, and in highlighting key findings." -- Claude Denis, University of Ottawa * British Journal of Canadian Studies *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction Chapter One: Bordering Canada Chapter Two: Growing up at the Borderline Pre-9/11 Chapter Three: Experiencing 9/11 and post 9/11 Securitization at the Borderline Chapter Four: Filtered Bordering and Borderline Lives Chapter Five: Everyday Nationalism at the Borderline Chapter Six: Bordering Globalization at the Borderline Conclusion Appendix: Interview Schedule Endnotes References
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University of Toronto Press Permafrost in Canada
Book SynopsisPermafrost is the thermal condition of the earth’s crust when its temperature has been below 32°F continuously for a number of years. Half of Canada’s land surface lies in the permafrost region—either in the continuous zone where the ground is frozen to a depth of hundreds of feet, or in the discontinuous zone where permafrost is thinner, and there are areas of unfrozen ground.The existence of permafrost causes problems for the development of the northern regions of all countries extending into the Arctic. Mining operations are hindered by frozen ore which resists blasting and is difficult to thaw. Agriculture is restricted by the presence of permafrost near the ground surface which limits the soil available for plant growth. Engineering structures are also affected by the low temperatures. Ice layers give soil a rock-like structure with high strength. However heat transmitted by buildings often causes the ice to melt, and the resulting slurr
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Spaces of Environmental Justice
Book SynopsisIn this cutting-edge volume, leading scholars examine a diverse range of environmental inequalities from around the world and introduce a pluralistic agenda for critical environmental justice research.Trade Review Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors. Introduction. 1. Spaces of Environmental Justice: Frameworks for Critical Engagement (Ryan Holifield, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Michael Porter, City University of New York Graduate Centre; and Gordon Walker, Lancaster University). Part I: Frameworks for Critical Environmental Justice Research. 1. Beyond Distribution and Proximity: Exploring the Multiple Spatialities of Environmental Justice (Gordon Walker, Lancaster University). 2. Actor-Network Theory as a Critical Approach to Environmental Justice: A Case against Synthesis with Urban Political Ecology (Ryan Holifield, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee). 3. Gendered Geographies of Environmental Justice (Susan Buckingham and Rakibe Kulcur both Brunel University). 4. Acknowledging the Racial State: An Agenda for Environmental Justice Research (Hilda Kurtz, University of Georgia). Part II: Spaces for Critical Environmental Justice Research. 5. Digging Deep for Justice: A Radical Re-Imagination of the Artisanal Gold Mining Sector in Ghana (Petra Tschakert, The Pennsylvania State University). 6. Benevolent and Benign? Using Environmental Justice to Investigate Waste-Related Impacts of Ecotourism in Destination Communities (Zoë A. Meletis, University of Northern British Columbia and Lisa M. Campbell, Duke University). 7. Assembling Justice Spaces: The Scalar Politics of Environmental Justice in North-East England (Karen Bickerstaff, Durham University and Julian Agyeman, Tufts University). 8. Defining and Contesting Environmental Justice: Socio-Natures and the Politics of Scale in the Delta (Julie Sze, Jonathan London, Fraser Shilling, Gerardo Gambirazzio, Trina Filan, and Mary Cadenasso all University of California-Davis). Index.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Geomorphology of Upland Peat
Book SynopsisGeomorphology of Upland Peat offers a detailed synthesis of existing literature on peat erosion, incorporating new research ideas and data from two leading experts in the field. This text will be relevant and informative for a broad audience working on organic sediments in various environments.Trade Review"This book is a timely, comprehensive and authoritative overview of recent research on peatland erosion and geomorphological change. It addresses a vacant niche in the wetland literature and takes forward the peatland research agenda in new and interesting directions." —Dan Charman, University of Plymouth "Peat is one of our most precious natural resources. This important textbook takes us through the many challenges of researching, understanding and restoring peatlands. Timely, instructive and comprehensive, this book has the distinction of being essential to academics as well as practical conservationists concerned with peat." —Des Thompson, Scottish Natural Heritage and Joint Nature Conservation CommitteeTable of ContentsSeries Editors' Preface. Acknowledgements. 1. Introduction. 1.1 The aims of this volume. 1.1.1 Thematic coverage. 1.1.2 Geographical context. 1.2 Terminology, definitions and peatland geomorphology. 1.2.1 Definitions of Peat. 1.2.2 The Physical and geotechnical properties of peat. 1.2.3 Peatland classification. 1.3 The geography of blanket mire complexes. 1.4 Patterns of peat erosion in space and time. 1.4.1 The onset of peat erosion. 1.4.2 Direct observation of the onset of erosion. 1.5 Causes of peat erosion. 1.6 A brief history of the evolution of peatland geomorphology. 1.6.1 Accounts of erosion in the natural science tradition. 1.6.2 Descriptive accounts of widespread peat erosion. 1.6.3 Quantitative observations of blanket peatlands. 1.7 Structure of this volume and the peat land system model. 2. The Hydrology of Upland Peatlands. 2.1 Introduction. 2.2. Controls on water movement in peatland systems. 2.2.1 Hydraulic conductivity of upland peat soils. 2.2.2 The diplotelmic mire hypothesis. 2.2.3 Groundwater flow in upland peatlands. 2.2.4 Evaporation. 2.2.5 Runoff generation. 2.2.6 The Water balance of ombrotrophic mires. 2.3 Geomorphology and the hydrology of upland peatlands. 3. Sediment Production. 3.1 Introduction. 3.1.1 Monitoring sediment production using erosion pins. 3.1.2 Sediment trap data. 3.2 Sediment production as a control on catchment sediment flux. 3.3 Evidence from field observation. 3.3.1 Climate correlations with trap data. 3.3.2 Direct observations of surface change. 3.4 Evidence from controlled experiments. 3.5 Timescales of sediment supply. 3.6 Conclusion. 4. Fluvial Processes and Peat Erosion. 4.1 Introduction. 4.2 Gully erosion of blanket peat. 4.2.1 Gully morphology and topology. 4.2.2 Processes of Gully erosion. 4.3 Erosion and transport of peat in perennial stream channels. 4.3.1 Production of peat blocks by fluvial erosion. 4.3.2 Transport of peat blocks in stream channels. 4.3.3 The fate of fine peat sediment in channel. 4.4 Sediment yield. 4.4.1 A conceptual model of sediment dynamics in eroding blanket peatlands. 4.4.2 Sediment yield, sediment supply and assessing catchment erosion status. 4.5 Conclusions. 5. Slope Processes and Mass Movements. 5.1 Introduction. 5.2 Peat covered hillslopes. 5.2.1 Limits to the stability of peat on slopes. 5.2.2 Creep on peat hillslopes. 5.3 Morphology of rapid peat mass movements. 5.3.1 Source zone. 5.3.2 Rafted peat debris. 5.3.3 Runout track. 5.3.4 Secondary tension and compression features. 5.3.5 Bog burst and peat slides – are they different?. 5.4 Mechanism of peat failure. 5.4.1 Speed of failure and movement. 5.5 Significance of surface hydrology in peat failures. 5.5.1 Water content and pore pressures. 5.5.2 Rainfall. 5.5.3 Slope drainage. 5.6 Stability analysis and modelling of peat mass movements. 5.7 The changing frequency of peat mass movements over time. 5.8 Summary and overall framework. 6. Wind Erosion Processes. 6.1 Introduction. 6.2 Wind erosion in the uplands and the significance in peatland environments. 6.3 Mechanisms of wind erosion. 6.4 The significance of wet or dry wind erosion processes. 6.5 Direct measurements of wind erosion of peat. 6.6 Aeolian landforms. 6.7 The significance of wind erosion for landscape development in upland peatlands. 6.8 Conclusions. 6.8.1 Further research – an agenda for pluvio-aeolian studies of upland peat. 7. Peat Erosion Forms – from Landscape to Micro-relief. 7.1 Rationale and introduction. 7.2 Macroscale – Region / Catchment Scale. 7.3 Mesoscale - Slope-Catena Scale. 7.4 Microscale - material structure scale. 7.5 Linking the geomorphological and the ecohydrological. 7.6 Conclusions. 8. Sediment Dynamics, Vegetation, and Landscape Change. 8.1 Introduction. 8.2 The effect of peatland dynamics on long term sediment budgets. 8.3 Mass balance evidence of patterns of long term erosion. 8.4 Re-vegetation of eroding peatlands. 8.4.1 Artificial re-vegetation of bare peat surfaces. 8.4.2 Natural revegetation of eroded landscapes. 8.5 Controls and mechanisms of natural re-vegetation. 8.5.1 Extrinsic controls on re-vegetation. 8.5.2 Intrinsic controls on re-vegetation. 8.5.3 Eriophorum spp. as Keystone Species for Re-vegetation of Eroded Peatlands. 8.5.4 Geomorphology, ecology, and ‘erosion-regeneration complexes’. 8.5.5 Re-vegetation dynamics and long term patterns of erosion. 8.6 Stratigraphic evidence of erosion and re-vegetation. 8.7 The future of blanket peat sediment systems. 8.8 Changes in pollution climate. 8.9 Climate change impacts. 8.9.1 Increased summer drought. 8.9.2 Increased summer and winter storminess. 8.9.3 Changes in the growing season and vegetation. 8.9.4 Overall response of the peat land system. 8.10 Relative importance of peat erosion in wider upland sediment budgets. 8.11 Conclusions. 9. Implications and Conclusions. 9.1 Implications of widespread peat erosion. 9.2 Upland peatland erosion and carbon budgets. 9.2.1 Case Study Example: the Rough Sike sediment-carbon budget. 9.3 Release of stored contaminants from eroding peatlands. 9.4 Restoration of eroded upland peatlands. 9.4.1 Frameworks for restoration. 9.4.2 Approaches to restoration. 9.4.3 Implications of the landsystems model and sediment budget work for restoration. 9.5 Conclusions. 9.5.1 The nature of upland peatlands. 9.5.2 Geomorphological processes in upland peatlands. 9.5.3 The future of upland peatlands. 9.5.4 Representativeness of the peat land system model. Index.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Spatial Politics
Book SynopsisThis critical engagement with Doreen Massey's ground-breaking work in geographic theory and its relationship to politics features specially commissioned essays from former students and colleagues, as well as the artists, political figures and activists whose thinking she has helped to shape. It seeks to mark and take forward her compelling contributions to geographical theorizing and political debate. High profile contributors include Lawrence Grossberg, Chantal Mouffe, JamiePeck and Jane Wills The global reach and significance of Massey's work recommends this volume to a diverse readership Provides an agenda for work on spatial politics and critical geography Sets out the contours of a human geography informed by Doreen Massey's work Trade Review“[This is] a collection of articles not on Doreen Massey’s work, but rather on how different scholars and activists, many of them Massey’s colleagues and friends, have developed their own ideas informed by hers … Gathering together a bunch of colleagues, activists, artists and political figures, each contributor offers an overview of how their main concerns relate to, or have benefited from, Massey’s concepts. For the scope and significance of her ideas seem to have been enormous; just think of the very different disciplines that have benefited from her spatial vision (take only the ones present in the book: political science, sociology, anthropology, and psychology, even the arts, not to mention the practice of politics itself) … Here we have a group of scholars … taking Massey’s work in new and exciting directions, and we have eighteen excellent examples of how to do it.” (Antipode , 1 September 2013)Table of ContentsList of Figures viii Notes on Contributors ix Foreword xiv Series Editors’ Preface xix Acknowledgements xx Introduction: ‘There is no point of departure’: The Many Trajectories of Doreen Massey 1David Featherstone and Joe Painter Part One: Space, Politics and Radical Democracy 19 1 Space, Hegemony and Radical Critique 21Chantal Mouffe 2 Theorising Context 32Lawrence Grossberg 3 Power-Geometry as Philosophy of Space 44Arun Saldanha 4 Spatial Relations and Human Relations 56Michael Rustin 5 Space, Democracy and Difference: For a Post-colonial Perspective 70David Slater Part Two: Regions, Labour and Uneven Development 85 6 Spatial Divisions and Regional Assemblages 87Allan Cochrane 7 Making Space for Labour 99Jamie Peck 8 The Political Challenge of Relational Territory 115Elena dell’Agnese Interlude: Your Gravitational Now 125Olafur Eliasson Part Three: Reconceptualising Place 133 9 Place and Politics 135Jane Wills 10 A Global Sense of Place and Multi-territoriality: Notes for Dialogue from a ‘Peripheral’ Point of View 146Rogério Haesbaert 11 A Massey Muse 158Wendy Harcourt, Alice Brooke Wilson, Arturo Escobar and Dianne Rocheleau 12 A Physical Sense of World 178Steve Hinchliffe Part Four: Political Trajectories 189 13 Working with Doreen Downunder: Antipodean Trajectories 191Sophie Bond and Sara Kindon 14 Doreen Massey: The Light Dances on the Water 204Ash Amin and Nigel Thrift 15 Place, Space and Solidarity in Global Justice Networks 213Andrew Cumbers and Paul Routledge 16 The Socialist Transformation of Venezuela: The Geographical Dimension of Political Strategy 224Ricardo Menéndez 17 Place Beyond Place and the Politics of ‘Empowerment’ 235Hilary Wainwright 18 ‘Stories So Far’: A Conversation with Doreen Massey 253Edited by David Featherstone, Sophie Bond and Joe Painter References 267 Index 289
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Gramsci
Book SynopsisThis unique collection is the first to bring attention to Antonio Gramsci's work within geographical debates. Presenting a substantially different reading to Gramsci scholarship, the collection forges a new approach within human geography, environmental studies and development theory. Offers the first sustained attempt to foreground Antonio Gramsci's work within geographical debates Demonstrates how Gramsci articulates a rich spatial sensibility whilst developing a distinctive approach to geographical questions Presents a substantially different reading of Gramsci from dominant post-Marxist perspectives, as well as more recent anarchist and post-anarchist critiques Builds on the emergence of Gramsci scholarship in recent years, taking this forward through studies across multiple continents, and asking how his writings might engage with and animate political movements today Forges a new approach within human geography, environmental stTrade Review“As can be inferred from my opening remarks, my brief comments on the overall purpose of this collection, and my even briefer comments on individual chapters, this is an important contribution to the urgent critical work of recovering, appropriating and recontextualizing Gramsci’s concepts, methods and analyses, and, above all, ‘translating’ them for the current conjuncture, in which issues of political ecology as well as political economy are ever more critical to human flourishing.” (Antipode, 1 November 2013) Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors vii Abbreviations of Works by Antonio Gramsci ix Preface xi Acknowledgments xiii Framings 1 “A Barbed Gift of the Backwoods”: Gramsci’s Sardinian Beginnings 3 Michael Ekers, Gillian Hart, Stefan Kipfer, and Alex Loftus How to Live with Stones 6 John Berger Introduction 13 1 Gramsci: Space, Nature, Politics 15 Michael Ekers and Alex Loftus Part I Space 45 2 Traveling with Gramsci: The Spatiality of Passive Revolution 47 Adam David Morton 3 “Gramsci in Action”: Space, Politics, and the Making of Solidarities 65 David Featherstone 4 City, Country, Hegemony: Antonio Gramsci’s Spatial Historicism 83 5 State of Confusion: Money and the Space of Civil Society in Hegel and Gramsci 104 Geoff Mann Part II Nature 121 6 The Concept of Nature in Gramsci 123 Benedetto Fontana 7 Space, Ecology, and Politics in the Praxis of the Brazilian Landless Movement 142 Abdurazack Karriem 8 On the Nature of Gramsci’s “Conceptions of the World” 161 Joel Wainwright 9 Gramsci, Nature, and the Philosophy of Praxis 178 Alex Loftus 10 Difference and Inequality in World Affairs: A Gramscian Analysis 197 Nicola Short 11 Gramsci and the Erotics of Labor: More Notes on “The Sexual Question” 217 Michael Ekers Part III Politics 239 12 Cracking Hegemony: Gramsci and the Dialectics of Rebellion 241 Jim Glassman 13 Gramsci at the Margins: A Prehistory of the Maoist Movement in Nepal 258 Vinay Gidwani and Dinesh Paudel 14 Accumulation through Dispossession and Accumulation through Growth: Intimations of Massacres Foretold? 279 Judith Whitehead 15 Gramsci, Geography, and the Languages of Populism 301 Gillian Hart Conclusion 321 16 Translating Gramsci in the Current Conjuncture 323 Stefan Kipfer and Gillian Hart Index 345
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University of Toronto Press The Life of North American Suburbs
Book SynopsisThis is the first comprehensive look at the role of North American suburbs in the last half century, departing from traditional and outdated notions of American suburbia.Trade Review"Drawing on major metropoles and smaller cities across the US and Canada, and the rather outlying case of Mexico City, the authors (primarily geographers) map varied suburban forms and beliefs from Vancouver to Miami, while looking closely at issues of race and political-economic struggles that focus on the dynamics of suburbs and central cities in the late-20th and early-21st centuries. Each essay's argument is comprehensive, compelling, and valuable for classroom us." -- G. W. McDonogh, Bryn Mawr College * CHOICE *Table of ContentsList of Figures, Maps, and Tables Preface 1. Introduction: Elusive Suburbia Jan Nijman Part 1: Questioning North American Suburbia 2. Using Toronto to Explore Three Suburban Stereotypes, and Vice Versa Richard Harris 3. Mexico City: Elusive Suburbs, Ubiquitous Peripheries Liette Gilbert 4. Searching for Suburbia in Metropolitan Miami Jan Nijman and Tom Clery 5. Spatial Transformations in the Suburbs of the North Carolina Piedmont Region Fang Wei and Paul Knox Part 2: Changing Political Economies of Suburbanization 6. The Strange Case of the Bay Area Richard Walker and Alex Schafran 7. Vancouverism as Suburbanism Elliot Siemiatycki, Jamie Peck, and Elvin Wyly 8. Montreal: An Ordinary North American Metropolis? Claire Poitras and Pierre Hamel 9. New York’s Suburbs in a Globalized Metropolitan Region James Defilippis and Christopher Niedt Part 3: Race, Ethnicity, and the Remaking of Suburbia 10. Diverging Racial Geographies in Phoenix’s Postwar and Post–Civil Rights Suburbs Deirdre Pfeiffer 11. Suburbanization and the Making of Atlanta as the “Black Mecca” Katherine Hankins and Steve Holloway 12. Edmonton, Mill Woods, Amiskwaciy Waskahikan Rob Shields, Dianne Gillespie, and Kieran Moran 13. Economic Development and the New Immigrant Segregationist Politics in Suburban Chicago David Wilson Part 4: Contested Suburbs 14. Governance, Politics, and Suburbanization in Los Angeles Roger Keil and Derek Brunelle 15. Reaching Suburbia: Towards a Socially Just Transit System for Ottawa Caroline Andrew and Angela Franovic 16. Contested Spaces: Suburban Development in Halifax and Other Midsized Canadian Cities Jill L. Grant 17. Epilogue: Suburbs as Transitional Spaces Jan Nijman Contributors Index
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University of Toronto Press Natural ResourceBased Development in Africa
Book SynopsisThis book examines how state actors and other stakeholders participate in natural resource governance initiatives and seek to promote natural resource-based development in Africa.Table of ContentsSection I: Introduction 1. An Evolving Agenda on Natural Resource-Based Development in Africa Nathan Andrews, J. Andrew Grant, Jesse Salah Ovadia, and Adam Sneyd Section II: Governance Framings at Local, National, and Global Levels 2. Corporate Framing of Sustainability in the Mineral Sector: ‘New Governance’ Insights from South Africa Raynold Wonder Alorse and Nathan Andrews 3. The Resource Curse and Limits of Petro-Development in Ghana’s ‘Oil City’: How Oil Production Has Impacted Sekondi-Takoradi Jesse Salah Ovadia and Emmanuel Graham 4. Stakeholder Salience and Resource Enclavity in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Case of Ghana’s Oil Abigail Efua Hilson 5. Gender, Land Grabbing, and Glocal Land Governance in Ghana and Uganda Patricia Ackah-Baidoo, Andrea M. Collins, and J. Andrew Grant 6. Governing Artisanal Commodity Extraction in Cameroon: A Comparative Analysis of the Gold and Palm Oil Sectors Steffi Hamann, Brendan Schwartz, and Adam Sneyd Section III: Critical Approaches to Inclusive Development: The Politics of Resource Nationalism, Local Procurement, and Community Engagement 7. Copper Economics and Local Entrepreneurs in Zambia: Accumulation by Dispossession and the Possibility of Dependent Development Carolyn Bassett and Allyson Fradella 8. ‘The Curse of Being Born with a Copper Spoon in Our Mouths’: An Examination of the Changing Forms of Zambian Resource Nationalism Alexander Caramento 9. Promoting Mining Local Procurement Through Systems Change: A Canadian NGO’s Efforts to Improve the Development Impacts of the Global Mining Industry Jeff Geipel and Emily Nickerson 10. The Promises and Pitfalls of Pursuing Inclusive, Sustainable Development through Resource Corridors in Africa Charis Enns, Brock Bersaglio, and Alex Awiti 11. ‘Community Development’ in Oil and Gas Projects: The Case of the West African Gas Pipeline Project Ibironke T. Odumosu-Ayanu Section IV: Land and Human Security: Central Africa in Focus 12. Land, High-Value Natural Resources, and Conflict in the Central African Republic Chris Huggins 13. Copper Stakes: Exclusion, Corporate Strategies, and Property Rights in the Democratic Republic of Congo Sarah Katz-Lavigne 14. China and the Democratic Republic of Congo: What the Sicomines Agreement Tells Us about Beijing’s Foreign Policy in Africa David Walsh-Pickering Section V: Concluding Remarks and Reflections 15. Reflections on Natural Resource-Based Development in Africa in the 2020s Nathan Andrews, Edward Akuffo, and J. Andrew Grant
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University of Toronto Press The Wonder of Water
Book SynopsisFacing droughts, floods, and water security challenges, society is increasingly forced to develop new policies and practices to cope with the impacts of climate change. From taken-for-granted values and perceptions to embodied, existential modes of engaging our world, human perspectives impact decision-making and behaviour. The Wonder of Water explores how human experience including our cultural paradigms, value systems, and personal biases impacts decisions around water. In many ways, the volume expands on the growing field of water ethics to include questions around environmental aesthetics, psychology, and ontology. And yet this book is not simply for philosophers. On the contrary, a specific aim is to explore how more informed philosophical dialogue will lead to more insightful public policies and practices. Case studies describe specific architectural and planning decisions, fisheries policies, urban ecological restorations, and more. The overarchingTrade Review"It is no accident that The Wonder of Water starts and ends with poetry. While it is an academic and rigorous compilation, most of its contributors infuse their prose with expressive admiration of water’s foundational and life-affirming properties in a way that’s wonder inducing indeed." -- Rachel Jagareski * Foreword Reviews, January/February 2020 *"The twelve chapters of The Wonder of Water pin-point Stefanovic’s ethical and moral concerns in relation to water, the landscapes of water, and places associated with water, whether river, bay, sea, or otherwise. As editor, her aim is to incorporate thinking that highlights ‘the genuine meaning of water in its visceral quality, its vitality and its primordiality.’" * Environmental & Architectural Phenomenology *Table of ContentsList of Figures Acknowledgments Introduction Ingrid Leman Stefanovic Part One: The Lived Experience of Water Rain Queen Kirby Manià, Simon Fraser University 1. Water Gaia: Toward a Scientific Phenomenology of Water Stephan Harding, Schumacher College 2. Flow Motions and Kinethic Responsiveness Stephen J. Smith, Simon Fraser University 3. Creaturely Migrations on a Breathing Planet David Abram, Author and Cultural Ecologist 4. When Salmon Are Deemed Superfluous: Reflecting on a Struggle of Stories Martin Lee Mueller, Rudolf Steiner University College, Oslo Part Two: Water and Place 5. The Place of Water Janet Donohoe, University of West Georgia 6. Engaging the Water Monster of Amsterdam: Meandering Toward a Fair Urban Riversphere Irene Klaver, University of North Texas 7. Water and the City: Towards an Ethos of Fluid Urbanism Ingrid Leman Stefanovic, Simon Fraser University 8. What We’re Talking about When We’re Talking about Water: Race, Imperial Politics, and Ruination in Flint, Michigan Sarah King, Grand Rapids University Part Three: Rethinking Water Policy, Practice, and Ethics 9. The Bonding Properties of Water: Community, Urban River Restoration, and Non-human Agency Bryan Bannon, Merrimack College 10. Standing Rock: Water Protectors in a Time of Failed Policy Trish Glazebrook, Washington State University and Jeff Gessas, University of North Texas 11. Phenomenology, Water Policy, and the Conception of the Polis Henry Dicks, Université Jean Moulin, France 12. Towards a Complexity Ethics: Understanding and Action on Behalf of Life-World Well-Being Robert Mugerauer, University of Washington Part Four: Closing Reflections Conclusion: Looking Forward: From Poetics to Praxis Ingrid Leman Stefanovic, Simon Fraser University The Lure of Water: Four Poems Dilys Leman, Toronto List of Contributors Index
£54.40
University of Toronto Press Beyond the Megacity
Book SynopsisBeyond the Megacity reconnects to the Latin American tradition of theorizing urbanization from the margins, moving urban theory closer to the complexity and diversity of urbanization in the Global South.Table of ContentsIllustrations Tables Introduction: Old and New Dimensions of Peripheral Urbanization in Latin America Michael Lukas, Universidad de Chile and Nadine Reis, El Colegio de México Part I: Framing Peripheral Urbanization in Latin America 1. Peripheral Urbanization: Autoconstruction, Transversal Logics, and Politics in Cities of the Global South Teresa Caldeira, University of California, Berkeley, USA 2. Urban Community and Resistance Raul Zibechi, Independent Writer and Journalist, Uruguay 3. Planetary Urbanization and the Commodity Super-Cycle in Latin America Martín Arboleda, Universidad Diego Portales, Chile Part II: Metropolitan Peripheries under Financialization and Urban Extractivism 4. Large-scale Housing in Peripheral Urbanization: Persistence and Change in Urban Space Production in the Mexico City Megaregion Clara Salazar, El Colegio de México, Nadine Reis, El Colegio de México, and Ann Varley, University College London, UK 5. Periurban Satellite Towns in Santiago: The Urbanization by Holdings and the Paradoxical Happiness of Middle-Class Periurban Dwellers César Cáceres, Viña del Mar, Chile 6. Financialization and Social Reproduction in the Buenos Aires Urban Periphery Liz Mason-Deeze, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA Part III: Community, Commoning, and Political Agency on the Urban Margins 7. The Self-Built-City as Palimpsest: (Re)Constructing Urban Memory in Lima’s Hybrid Peripheries Kathrin Golda-Pongratz, Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences, Germany 8. Occupy the Periphery: Housing Occupations and the Production of Urban Commons in Belo Horizonte João Tonucci and Rodrigo Castriota, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil 9. Hybrid Livelihoods: Resistant Adaption in Peri-Urban Bolivia Hannah-Hunt Moeller, University of Michigan, USA 10. Blurring the Urban-Rural Divide: Urban Peripheries as Sites of Food Sovereignty Construction in Caracas Christina Schiavoni, International Institute for Social Studies, The Netherlands and Ana Felicien, Universidad de los Andes, Venezuela Part IV: Extended Urbanization between New Rurality and Operational Landscapes 11. Planetary Urbanization, Agro-Exports, and Informality: Making Sense of the Expanding Peripheries and Emerging Cities in Coastal Ecuador Gustavo Duran, Jonathan Menoscal, and Manuel Bayón, FLACSO Ecuador 12. Worlding the Atacama Desert: Peripheral Urbanization and Transnational Resource Extraction Urbanism in Antofagasta, Chile Michael Lukas, Universidad de Chile 13. Planetary Urbanization and Maquiladoras in Motul, Yucatán: Unveiling Abstract Space in the Ex-City Claudia Fonseca Alfaro, Malmö University, Sweden 14. Rural Livelihoods, Urbanization, and Incomplete Population Transitions in Brazil Alisson F. Barbieri and Ricardo Ojima, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil/Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, UFRN, Brazil 15. The Urbanization of Mexico’s Rural World: A Socio-Cultural Anthropology Approach Gabriela Torres-Mazuera, Centro de Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social, CIESAS, Mexico Conclusion: Peripheral Urbanization: Current Trends, Methodological Advances, and the Decolonization of Urban Theory Nadine Reis, El Colegio de México and Michael Lukas, Universidad de Chile Author Biographies
£72.25
University of Toronto Press The Life of North American Suburbs
Book SynopsisThis book chronicles and explains the role of suburbs in North American cities since the mid-twentieth century. Examining fifteen case studies from New York to Vancouver, Atlanta to Chicago, Montreal to Phoenix, The Life of North American Suburbs traces the insightful connection between the evolution of suburbs and the cultural dynamics of modern society. Suburbs are uniquely significant spaces: their creation and evolution reflect the shifting demographics, race relations, modes of production, cultural fabric, and class structures of society at large. The case studies investigate the place of suburbs within their wider metropolitan constellations: the crucial role they play in the cultural, economic, political, and spatial organization of the city. Together, the chapters paint a compelling portrait of North American cities and their dynamic suburban landscapes. Trade Review"Drawing on major metropoles and smaller cities across the US and Canada, and the rather outlying case of Mexico City, the authors (primarily geographers) map varied suburban forms and beliefs from Vancouver to Miami, while looking closely at issues of race and political-economic struggles that focus on the dynamics of suburbs and central cities in the late-20th and early-21st centuries. Each essay's argument is comprehensive, compelling, and valuable for classroom us." -- G. W. McDonogh, Bryn Mawr College * CHOICE *Table of ContentsList of Figures, Maps, and Tables Preface 1. Introduction: Elusive Suburbia Jan Nijman Part 1: Questioning North American Suburbia 2. Using Toronto to Explore Three Suburban Stereotypes, and Vice Versa Richard Harris 3. Mexico City: Elusive Suburbs, Ubiquitous Peripheries Liette Gilbert 4. Searching for Suburbia in Metropolitan Miami Jan Nijman and Tom Clery 5. Spatial Transformations in the Suburbs of the North Carolina Piedmont Region Fang Wei and Paul Knox Part 2: Changing Political Economies of Suburbanization 6. The Strange Case of the Bay Area Richard Walker and Alex Schafran 7. Vancouverism as Suburbanism Elliot Siemiatycki, Jamie Peck, and Elvin Wyly 8. Montreal: An Ordinary North American Metropolis? Claire Poitras and Pierre Hamel 9. New York’s Suburbs in a Globalized Metropolitan Region James Defilippis and Christopher Niedt Part 3: Race, Ethnicity, and the Remaking of Suburbia 10. Diverging Racial Geographies in Phoenix’s Postwar and Post–Civil Rights Suburbs Deirdre Pfeiffer 11. Suburbanization and the Making of Atlanta as the “Black Mecca” Katherine Hankins and Steve Holloway 12. Edmonton, Mill Woods, Amiskwaciy Waskahikan Rob Shields, Dianne Gillespie, and Kieran Moran 13. Economic Development and the New Immigrant Segregationist Politics in Suburban Chicago David Wilson Part 4: Contested Suburbs 14. Governance, Politics, and Suburbanization in Los Angeles Roger Keil and Derek Brunelle 15. Reaching Suburbia: Towards a Socially Just Transit System for Ottawa Caroline Andrew and Angela Franovic 16. Contested Spaces: Suburban Development in Halifax and Other Midsized Canadian Cities Jill L. Grant 17. Epilogue: Suburbs as Transitional Spaces Jan Nijman Contributors Index
£26.99
University of Toronto Press Human and Environmental Justice in Guatemala
Book SynopsisIn 1996, the Guatemalan civil war ended with the signing of the Peace Accords, facilitated by the United Nations and promoted as a beacon of hope for a country with a history of conflict. Twenty years later, the new era of political protest in Guatemala is highly complex and contradictory: the persistence of colonialism, fraught indigenous-settler relations, political exclusion, corruption, criminal impunity, gendered violence, judicial procedures conducted under threat, entrenched inequality, as well as economic fragility. Human and Environmental Justice in Guatemala examines the complexities of the quest for justice in Guatemala, and the realities of both new forms of resistance and long-standing obstacles to the rule of law in the human and environmental realms. Written by prominent scholars and activists, this book explores high-profile trials, the activities of foreign mining companies, attempts to prosecute war crimes, and cultural responses to injustice in liteTable of ContentsPart One: Imagining Justice Chapter One: Introduction. Transitional, Transnational, and Distributive Justice in Guatemala Candace Johnson (University of Guelph) Chapter Two: Memory-Truth-Justice: The Crisis of the Living in the Search for Guatemala’s Dead and Disappeared Catherine Nolin (University of Northern British Columbia) Chapter Three: Transnational and Local Solidarities in the Struggle for Justice: Choc versus Padilla Kalowatie Deonandan (University of Saskatchewan) and Rebecca Tatham (University of Saskatchewan) Part Two: Justice in Practice Chapter Four :A Diary of Canadian Mining in Guatemala, 2004-2013 Magalí Rey Rosa (Savia: School of Ecological Thought) Chapter Five: Impunity in Guatemala: A Never-Ending Battle Helen Mack Chang (The Myrna Mack Foundation) Chapter Six: Politics, Institutions, and the Prospects for Justice in Guatemala Claudia Paz y Paz (Organization of American States) Part Three: Cultural Responses to Injustice Chapter Seven: Scars that Run Deep: Performing Violence and Memory in the Work of Regina José Galindo and Rosa Chávez Rita M. Palacios (Concordia University) Chapter Eight: Human and Environmental Justice in the Work of Rodrigo Rey Rosa Stephen Henighan (University of Guelph) Chapter Nine: Press Clippings: The Daily News in Guatemala W. George Lovell (Queen’s University) Chapter Ten: Conclusion Stephen Henighan (University of Guelph) and Candace Johnson (University of Guelph)
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University of Toronto Press The Wonder of Water
Book SynopsisFacing droughts, floods, and water security challenges, society is increasingly forced to develop new policies and practices to cope with the impacts of climate change. From taken-for-granted values and perceptions to embodied, existential modes of engaging our world, human perspectives impact decision-making and behaviour. The Wonder of Water explores how human experience including our cultural paradigms, value systems, and personal biases impacts decisions around water. In many ways, the volume expands on the growing field of water ethics to include questions around environmental aesthetics, psychology, and ontology. And yet this book is not simply for philosophers. On the contrary, a specific aim is to explore how more informed philosophical dialogue will lead to more insightful public policies and practices. Case studies describe specific architectural and planning decisions, fisheries policies, urban ecological restorations, and more. The overarchingTrade Review"It is no accident that The Wonder of Water starts and ends with poetry. While it is an academic and rigorous compilation, most of its contributors infuse their prose with expressive admiration of water’s foundational and life-affirming properties in a way that’s wonder inducing indeed." -- Rachel Jagareski * Foreword Reviews, January/February 2020 *"The twelve chapters of The Wonder of Water pin-point Stefanovic’s ethical and moral concerns in relation to water, the landscapes of water, and places associated with water, whether river, bay, sea, or otherwise. As editor, her aim is to incorporate thinking that highlights ‘the genuine meaning of water in its visceral quality, its vitality and its primordiality.’" -- Environmental & Architectural PhenomenologyTable of ContentsList of Figures Acknowledgments Introduction Ingrid Leman Stefanovic Part One: The Lived Experience of Water Rain Queen Kirby Manià, Simon Fraser University 1. Water Gaia: Toward a Scientific Phenomenology of Water Stephan Harding, Schumacher College 2. Flow Motions and Kinethic Responsiveness Stephen J. Smith, Simon Fraser University 3. Creaturely Migrations on a Breathing Planet David Abram, Author and Cultural Ecologist 4. When Salmon Are Deemed Superfluous: Reflecting on a Struggle of Stories Martin Lee Mueller, Rudolf Steiner University College, Oslo Part Two: Water and Place 5. The Place of Water Janet Donohoe, University of West Georgia 6. Engaging the Water Monster of Amsterdam: Meandering Toward a Fair Urban Riversphere Irene Klaver, University of North Texas 7. Water and the City: Towards an Ethos of Fluid Urbanism Ingrid Leman Stefanovic, Simon Fraser University 8. What We’re Talking about When We’re Talking about Water: Race, Imperial Politics, and Ruination in Flint, Michigan Sarah King, Grand Rapids University Part Three: Rethinking Water Policy, Practice, and Ethics 9. The Bonding Properties of Water: Community, Urban River Restoration, and Non-human Agency Bryan Bannon, Merrimack College 10. Standing Rock: Water Protectors in a Time of Failed Policy Trish Glazebrook, Washington State University and Jeff Gessas, University of North Texas 11. Phenomenology, Water Policy, and the Conception of the Polis Henry Dicks, Université Jean Moulin, France 12. Towards a Complexity Ethics: Understanding and Action on Behalf of Life-World Well-Being Robert Mugerauer, University of Washington Part Four: Closing Reflections Conclusion: Looking Forward: From Poetics to Praxis Ingrid Leman Stefanovic, Simon Fraser University The Lure of Water: Four Poems Dilys Leman, Toronto List of Contributors Index
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University of Toronto Press Innate Terrain
Book SynopsisInnate Terrain surveys landscape architecture from across Canada, documenting the inspiring breadth of contemporary projects.Table of ContentsForeword Ron Williams Introduction: Consequent of the Land Alissa North and Peter Jamie Reford Native Land Physical-Human-Geographical Regions / Land Use / Land Claims / Land Management 1. Collaboration with the Keepers of Traditional Knowledge Grant Fahlgren 2. Nouveaux Paysages: Contemporary Installations by Canadian Landscape Architects Adrien Sun Hall 3. Resolve: Negotiation and Implementation of Land Claims James C. Thomas 4. Landscapes of Culture: Inuit Traditional Knowledge Applied Chris Grosset and Marla Limousin 5. Working in the Wild: Landscape Architecture in Canada’s National Parks Shelley Long True North Regionalism / Critical Regionalism / Resources / Cultural-Biological Resources 6. Nature Alissa North 7. The Power of Local in East Coast Landscapes Matthew A.J. Brown, Stéphane LeBlanc, James Allan MacDonald-Nelson, and Andrea Mantin 8. L’anarchie Resplandissante – Resplendent Anarchy Marc Hallé and Yannick Roberge 9. Wide Open Space: Towards a Phenomenology for Prairie Landscape Architecture Karen Wilson Baptist Far and Wide Cities / Megalopolises / Urbanity / Urban Conurbations / Urban Ecology 10. Technology Driven Shift in the Digital Representation of Landscape Architecture Fadi Masoud, Matthew Spremulli, and Shadi Ramos 11. Landscape Verified as Infrastructure: Toronto’s Waterfront Transformation James A. Roche 12. The Right Tree in the Right Place Michael Ormston-Holloway 13. Supernatural: An Account of Vancouver’s Post-Industrial Landscape Susan Herrington 14. Urbanization and the Large Canadian Park in the Nineteenth Century and Today Sandra A. Cooke
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University of Toronto Press Boots on the Ground
Book SynopsisBoots on the Ground captures the lessons learned from some of Canada's worst natural disasters to ensure all levels of government and the military are better prepared for the future.Trade Review"Botha has clearly done his homework when it comes to policies, mandates, and bureaucratic realities, and his many interviews help him get to the heart of disaster response." -- Kelly S. Thompson * Literary Review of Canada *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction 1. Emergency Management and The Military in Canada 2. Assessing Disaster Response Through an Original Collaborative Framework 3. The Presence of Interorganizational Collaboration 4. The Quality of Interorganizational Collaboration 5. The Barriers to Interorganizational Collaboration 6. Results, Implications, and Recommendations Conclusion Appendixes Bibliography
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University of Toronto Press Boots on the Ground
Book SynopsisOver the last century, the scale of Canada’s domestic disaster response system has grown significantly due to the country’s increased capacity for emergency management and the rise in natural hazards. However, there has been no systematic assessment of how effectively this multilevel system, which includes all levels of government and the military, has been integrated, and how efficient this system actually is at responding to high-level disasters. Using in-depth archival analysis and interviews with senior military and civilian officials on the inside, Boots on the Ground provides a detailed examination of Canada’s disaster response system. Including policy recommendations focused on the expansion of emergency management networks, the maintenance of Canada’s decentralized emergency management system, and disaster response resources for First Nations communities, Boots on the Ground aims to highlight opportunities to improve CanadaTrade Review"Botha has clearly done his homework when it comes to policies, mandates, and bureaucratic realities, and his many interviews help him get to the heart of disaster response." -- Kelly S. Thompson * Literary Review of Canada *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction 1. Emergency Management and The Military in Canada 2. Assessing Disaster Response Through an Original Collaborative Framework 3. The Presence of Interorganizational Collaboration 4. The Quality of Interorganizational Collaboration 5. The Barriers to Interorganizational Collaboration 6. Results, Implications, and Recommendations Conclusion Appendixes Bibliography
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University of Toronto Press Crucial Maps in the Early Cartography and PlaceNomenclature of the Atlantic Coast of Canada
Book SynopsisThe Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada for the years from 1929 to 1937 included a series in nine parts of important papers on "Crucial Maps" which have been a frequent source of reference ever since for students of the history of discovery and of early cartography. Their author, William Francis Ganong, had a life-long interest in the natural and human history of his native province, New Brunswick. Although he was primarily a botanist, with four full-length books and an amazing number of articles to his credit, it was through his series of monographs in the Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada that the breadth of his interests became known. For over fifty years he contributed almost annually to the Transactions the results of his systematic investigations into New Brunswick's physiography, aborigines, early explorations, wars and settlements. Crucial Maps, which concluded in 1937, was the last series of articles. Ganong was the first investi
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Cornell University Press Fields of Gold
Book SynopsisFields of Gold critically examines the history, ideas, and political struggles surrounding the financialization of farmland. In particular, Madeleine Fairbairn focuses on developments in two of the most popular investment locations, the US and Brazil, looking at the implications of financiers'' acquisition of land and control over resources for rural livelihoods and economic justice. At the heart of Fields of Gold is a tension between efforts to transform farmland into a new financial asset class, and land''s physical and social properties, which frequently obstruct that transformation. But what makes the book unique among the growing body of work on the global land grab is Fairbairn''s interest in those acquiring land, rather than those affected by land acquisitions. Fairbairn''s work sheds ethnographic light on the actors and relationshipsfrom Iowa to Manhattan to São Paulothat have helped to turn land into an attractive financial asset class.Thanks to Trade ReviewFairbairn has written a superb and field-defining monograph. Fields of Gold is now the gold standard for scholarship on the financial drivers of transnational farmland investment. To cap off the achievement, Fairbairn writes in a clear and down-to-earth style that demystifies finance jargon and clearly conveys the significance of difficult theory for the lay reader. * Antipode *In Fields of Gold, Madeleine Fairbairn presents a thoughtful, nuanced, and empirically rich account of the transformation of farmland into an increasingly sought-after investment opportunity. This is a very fine book and should be required reading for anyone who wants to better understand the farmland investment phenomenon. * The Journal of Peasant Studies *As federal land policy specialists, we found this book incredibly insightful. The author concisely and clearly explains complicated financial concepts, deftly connecting the machinations of financial actors with their concrete, alarming consequences on the land and within our food system. She connects all this to policy, making the point that public policy is inextricably tied to the financialization of farmland and must be part of addressing this issue moving forward. * Food, Culture & Society *Fields of Gold is now the gold standard for scholarship on the financial drivers of transnational farmland investment. To cap off the achievement, Fairbairn writes in a clear and down-to-earth style that demystifies finance jargon and clearly conveys the significance of difficult theory for the lay reader. * Antipode *Fields of Gold is a richly textured portrait of the globalization of land commodification and those agents intimately involved in its speculation. * New Global Studies *Madeleine Fairbairn's Fields of Gold offers careful and important insight into the history, motivations, and impacts of financial capital's recent investments in farmland around the world. Fields of Gold makes important and engaging contributions to debates inside and outside the field of geography. * AAG Review *Fields of Gold makes important and engaging contributions to debates inside and outside the field of geography.As federal land policy specialists, we found this book incredibly insightful. The author concisely and clearly explains complicated financial concepts, deftly connecting the machinations of financial actors with their concrete, alarming consequences on the land and within our food system. * An International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Farmland Investment Comes of Age 2. Farmland Values 3. Material Difficulties 4. Foreign Politics Conclusion
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Undocumented Migration
Book SynopsisUndocumented migration is a global and yet elusive phenomenon. Despite contemporary efforts to patrol national borders and mass deportation programs, it remains firmly placed at the top of the political agenda in many countries where it receives hostile media coverage and generates fierce debate. However, as this much-needed book makes clear, unauthorized movement should not be confused or crudely assimilated with the social reality of growing numbers of large, settled populations lacking full citizenship and experiencing precarious lives. From the journeys migrants take to the lives they seek on arrival and beyond, Undocumented Migration provides a comparative view of how this phenomenon plays out, looking in particular at the United States and Europe. Drawing on their extensive expertise, the authors breathe life into the various issues and debates surrounding migration, including the experiences and voices of migrants themselves, to offer a critical analysis of a hidden and too often misrepresented population.Trade Review"Undoubtedly, this volume will be immensely valuable to students and scholars from a wide range of academic disciplines as well as to interested policy makers and immigrant rights advocates. The crisis we are living around the world today underscores the importance of understanding how immigrants become undocumented and their resultant vulnerabilities across different contexts, as the authors of this volume propose." Cecilia Menjívar, American Journal of Sociology"[A] concise and excellent book on the forces that render millions of people 'illegal'. The book's strength stems from its ability to cross national boundaries. […] This is precisely the book we need right now because it delivers its powerful and sophisticated message with clear and urgent prose."Walter Nicholls, Sociology“Undocumented Migration is a readable and carefully researched work providing a comparative examination of diverse ways that nation states and sub-national localities enact and enforce policies restricting or supporting the human rights, freedoms, and agency of the people subject to such disempowerment and vulnerability.”Ethnic and Racial Studies"[P]rovides insightful and timely discussions to reflect on how 'becoming' an undocumented migrant is a process woven at multiple scales of the social realm […] portraying a broader understanding of the multiple complexities that nowadays shape undocumented migration."Canadian Journal of Sociology"This lucid and cogent book is a most welcome addition to the growing literature on migration. It applies a sharp and sophisticated lens to the multiple processes by which migrants are made 'illegal,' challenging prevailing simplifications that depict illegal or undocumented migrants as culpable violators of legitimate border controls. With deft writing and a wonderfully broad span that stretches from national and international migration governance structures to the experiences of people affected by different forms of migration, the authors introduce the reader to some of the most challenging and urgent political and social problems of our time." Jacqueline Bhabha, Harvard University, and author of Can We Solve the Migration Crisis? "Drawing on examples from the United States, the United Kingdom, and the European Union, Undocumented Migration offers a rare comparative examination of undocumented migration and illegality. It is recommended reading for anyone interested in learning about one of the most important global population movements of our time." Leo R. Chavez, University of California, Irvine, and author of The Latino Threat: Constructing Immigrants, Citizens, and the NationTable of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1: Who Are Undocumented Immigrants? Chapter 2: Theorizing the Lived Experience of Migrant Illegality Chapter 3: Geographies of Undocumented Migration Chapter 4: Immigration Enforcement, Detention, and Deportation Chapter 5: Undocumented Status and Social Mobility Chapter 6: Families and Children Chapter 7: Challenging Exclusion
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Combatting Modern Slavery: Why Labour Governance
Book SynopsisOver the last decade, the world’s largest corporations – from The Coca Cola Company to Amazon, Apple to Unilever – have taken up the cause of combatting modern slavery. Yet, by most measures, across many sectors and regions, severe labour exploitation continues to soar. Corporate social responsibility is not working. Why? In this landmark book, Genevieve LeBaron lifts the lid on a labour governance regime that is severely flawed and limited. She takes a close-up look at the millions of corporate dollars spent on anti-slavery networks, NGO partnerships, lobbying for new transparency legislation, and investment in social auditing and ethical certification schemes, to show how such efforts serve to bolster corporate growth and legitimacy as well as government reputations, whilst failing to protect the world’s most vulnerable workers. To eradicate modern slavery and human trafficking in global supply chains a new approach is needed; one that confronts corporate power and profits, dismantles exploitative business models, and regulates the booming private industry of accounting firms, social auditors, and consultants that has emerged to ‘monitor’ and ‘enforce’ labour standards. Only worker-driven initiatives that uphold fundamental rights can protect workers in the contemporary global economy and make forced labour a thing of the past.Trade Review“‘LeBaron's book gives renewed focus to what business actors, civil society, and government need to do to in order to combat modern slavery. It is a highly recommended read for all those involved in the challenges of eradicating slavery.”Urmila Bhoola, Former UN Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery“Combating Modern Slavery is a bold, deeply-empirical, even heroic work of moral social science by a brilliant and intrepid scholar. With original field work and a deep dive into the nature of supply chains, global labor governance regimes, audit methods practiced by actual companies, and the worst elements of labor exploitation among the most endangered people, this book is a sobering but moving explanation of the politics and the economics of the modern slavery crisis... In a world struck numb by a pandemic, this book warns us of what millions of the most vulnerable of laborers already face every day.”David W. Blight, Director, Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery and Abolition, Yale University, and author of the Pulitzer prize-winning Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom“We don’t need another hero, argues Genevieve LeBaron. Companies have long promised to sell ethically made products, but they have covered up and misdiagnosed forced labor. Combatting Modern Slavery lays out a readable critique and promising way forward.”Tim Bartley, Washington University in St Louis“A scorching critique of corporate-led efforts to address forced labor and trafficking that shines a spotlight on more promising, worker-driven initiatives for addressing exploitation in the global economy.”Janie Chuang, American University“An important and original analysis of ‘modern slavery’ and forced labour that does not shy away from asking difficult questions.”Samantha Currie, University of Liverpool “A lucid and provocative critique of the contemporary global labor governance regime.”American Journal of SociologyTable of Contents1 Who Does Labor Governance Work For? 2 Labor Exploitation in Global Supply Chains 3 Corporate Power and the State 4 The Recruitment Industry 5 The Enforcement Industry 6 Protecting 21st Century Workers
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Our Shrinking Planet
Book SynopsisIn the space of another generation, the population of the earth will rise by 2.5 billion. Yet the real problem we face is not so much the increase in numbers as the fact that growth will be highly uneven. Whereas rich countries will see aging populations with little growth, populations in poor countries will double or even triple, having a much higher percentage of young people. Against this backdrop, demographer Massimo Livi Bacci examines the implications of this disproportionate demographic development for domestic social stability, international migration flows, the balance of power among nations and the natural environment. Covering 10,000 years of human history from the Stone Age to the present, Livi Bacci shows how the space available for every inhabitant of the planet has decreased by a factor of a thousand. The notion of limits to the world's capacity - which once seemed a remote matter - is now among the most pressing issues we face, and the need to create effective global mechanisms for sustainable development is now more urgent than ever. An indispensable book for anyone concerned with the moral and political implications of our ever more crowded planet.Trade Review"A welcome reminder of how geographical differences in demography have a profound affect on people's lives."New Scientist"In this succinct and eclectic essay one of the great demographers of our time reflects on past, present, and likely future trends in population, migration, and aging and on their impacts on the environment, on politics, and on much more besides. A timely tour de force."J.R. McNeill, Georgetown University "Livi Bacci thinks deeply and writes broadly about population in the context of our planet's history, environmental constraints, and the future - from a constructive rather than alarmist perspective. He is concerned equally with unsustainably low fertility in rich countries and high fertility in poor ones, and with the global tensions that result."Ronald D. Lee, University of California, Berkeley"Ib this authoritative, beautifully synthesized analysis of global population, demographer Massimo Livi Bacci pinpoints a planet-sized problem"NatureTable of Contents Author’s note Introduction Chapter One Growing and shrinking Eros, Thanatos and the demographic balance in the ancient world. From biological-instinctual conditions to individual choice. The world’s changeable geodemography. Demographic transition and demographic revolution: from 1 to 10 billion in two centuries. Chapter Two Land, water, air Simeon Stylites and his environmental footprint. The cabal of the 10 x 2 x 7. More than half the planet changed by human intervention. Population and fragile regions: coasts, forests and urbanisation. From the London smog of the seventeenth century to the greenhouse effect in the twenty-first. Chapter Three Adaptation and self-regulation Demographic systems’ adaptation and self-regulation. Examples from history. The possibility of regulating modern populations: reproduction levels and migration. Biological and social change. Italy after the crisis: a system-change? Chapter Four SustainableÉ for whom? Zeus, the Brundtland Report and sustainability. The Millennium Development Goals and Sustainable Development Goals: isn’t population a priority any more? Demographic explosion, demographic decline: both unsustainable. The parable of Tycoonia and Pauperia. Chapter Five Geodemography and geopolitics Mussolini Ð numbers mean power. The pendulum of fear, between growth and decline. Geodemography and geopolitics. The weight of numbers within states: ethnicities, religions, minorities and majorities. Power rankings. Chapter Six Homo sapiens, Homo movens Shipwrecks and barriers. International migration grows despite obstacles. Demographic and economic pressures. Three past globalisation processes, and the fourth one to come. The unsustainability of politics without international rules. Chapter Seven Long lifespans have their cost A woman from Arles lived to 122 years of age. In the rich countries a life expectancy of 90 is not far off. The sustainability of long lifespans. The profile of a 100 year society. Rigid ages, flexible roles. Four generations under one roof. Chapter Eight Few prescriptions for many ills Poverty and hunger: the Millennium Development Goals reached. But the numbers of poor and hungry in Africa increase. The burden of 168 objectives. The Malthusian trap. Nuclear-armed India with one in five children wasted. Political mission: concentrate efforts, dismantle the trap. Epilogue Our shrinking planet A thousand times more crowded, a thousand times smaller. Still today a pendulum of fear, between overpopulation and depopulation. Seven demographic and political notes. Awareness of limits. Notes Index
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Our Shrinking Planet
Book SynopsisIn the space of another generation, the population of the earth will rise by 2.5 billion. Yet the real problem we face is not so much the increase in numbers as the fact that growth will be highly uneven. Whereas rich countries will see aging populations with little growth, populations in poor countries will double or even triple, having a much higher percentage of young people. Against this backdrop, demographer Massimo Livi Bacci examines the implications of this disproportionate demographic development for domestic social stability, international migration flows, the balance of power among nations and the natural environment. Covering 10,000 years of human history from the Stone Age to the present, Livi Bacci shows how the space available for every inhabitant of the planet has decreased by a factor of a thousand. The notion of limits to the world's capacity - which once seemed a remote matter - is now among the most pressing issues we face, and the need to create effective global mechanisms for sustainable development is now more urgent than ever. An indispensable book for anyone concerned with the moral and political implications of our ever more crowded planet.Trade Review"A welcome reminder of how geographical differences in demography have a profound affect on people's lives."New Scientist"In this succinct and eclectic essay one of the great demographers of our time reflects on past, present, and likely future trends in population, migration, and aging and on their impacts on the environment, on politics, and on much more besides. A timely tour de force."J.R. McNeill, Georgetown University "Livi Bacci thinks deeply and writes broadly about population in the context of our planet's history, environmental constraints, and the future - from a constructive rather than alarmist perspective. He is concerned equally with unsustainably low fertility in rich countries and high fertility in poor ones, and with the global tensions that result."Ronald D. Lee, University of California, Berkeley"In this authoritative, beautifully synthesized analysis of global population, demographer Massimo Livi Bacci pinpoints a planet-sized problem."NatureTable of Contents Author’s note Introduction Chapter One Growing and shrinking Eros, Thanatos and the demographic balance in the ancient world. From biological-instinctual conditions to individual choice. The world’s changeable geodemography. Demographic transition and demographic revolution: from 1 to 10 billion in two centuries. Chapter Two Land, water, air Simeon Stylites and his environmental footprint. The cabal of the 10 x 2 x 7. More than half the planet changed by human intervention. Population and fragile regions: coasts, forests and urbanisation. From the London smog of the seventeenth century to the greenhouse effect in the twenty-first. Chapter Three Adaptation and self-regulation Demographic systems’ adaptation and self-regulation. Examples from history. The possibility of regulating modern populations: reproduction levels and migration. Biological and social change. Italy after the crisis: a system-change? Chapter Four SustainableÉ for whom? Zeus, the Brundtland Report and sustainability. The Millennium Development Goals and Sustainable Development Goals: isn’t population a priority any more? Demographic explosion, demographic decline: both unsustainable. The parable of Tycoonia and Pauperia. Chapter Five Geodemography and geopolitics Mussolini Ð numbers mean power. The pendulum of fear, between growth and decline. Geodemography and geopolitics. The weight of numbers within states: ethnicities, religions, minorities and majorities. Power rankings. Chapter Six Homo sapiens, Homo movens Shipwrecks and barriers. International migration grows despite obstacles. Demographic and economic pressures. Three past globalisation processes, and the fourth one to come. The unsustainability of politics without international rules. Chapter Seven Long lifespans have their cost A woman from Arles lived to 122 years of age. In the rich countries a life expectancy of 90 is not far off. The sustainability of long lifespans. The profile of a 100 year society. Rigid ages, flexible roles. Four generations under one roof. Chapter Eight Few prescriptions for many ills Poverty and hunger: the Millennium Development Goals reached. But the numbers of poor and hungry in Africa increase. The burden of 168 objectives. The Malthusian trap. Nuclear-armed India with one in five children wasted. Political mission: concentrate efforts, dismantle the trap. Epilogue Our shrinking planet A thousand times more crowded, a thousand times smaller. Still today a pendulum of fear, between overpopulation and depopulation. Seven demographic and political notes. Awareness of limits. Notes Index
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Improvised Lives: Rhythms of Endurance in an
Book SynopsisThe poor and working people in cities of the South find themselves in urban spaces that are conventionally construed as places to reside or inhabit. But what if we thought of popular districts in more expansive ways that capture what really goes on within them? In such cities, popular districts are the settings of more uncertain operations that take place under the cover of darkness, generating uncanny alliances among disparate bodies, materials and things and expanding the urban sensorium and its capacities for liveliness. In this important new book AbdouMaliq Simone explores the nature of these alliances, portraying urban districts as sites of enduring transformations through rhythms that mediate between the needs of residents not to draw too much attention to themselves and their aspirations to become a small niche of exception. Here we discover an urban South that exists as dense rhythms of endurance that turn out to be vital for survival, connectivity, and becoming.Trade Review“Here, urban worlds – metal scrap, unhinged concrete, electrical waste, slowdowns, and interruptions – emerge with and through secretive human connections. AbdouMaliq Simone narrates the urban as an aesthetics of promise, where the uninhabitable generates districts of improvising communities, collectively living-with, and unsettling, infrastructures of harm.”Katherine McKittrick, Queen's University, Ontario, Canada ‘A brilliant and innovative account of urban life, seen both as confined to place and at the same time enduring and generative, composed through the weaving together of different experiments, connections, gatherings and imaginaries. As ever in his work, Simone provides us with a unique perspective on the city, and a distinctive way of seeing urbanism and speculating on its social, economic and political potentials.’Colin McFarlane, Durham UniversityTable of ContentsAcknowledgements vi 1 The Uninhabitable 1 2 Ensemble Work 34 3 The Mechanics of Improvised Relations 59 4 Inscribing Sociality in the Dark: The Pragmatics of a Legible Home 89 5 The Politics of Peripheral Care 122 References 138 Index 147
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Urban Planning Imagination: A Critical
Book SynopsisUrban planning is not just about applying a suite of systematic principles or plotting out pragmatic designs to satisfy the briefs of private developers or public bodies. Planning is also an activity of imagination, with a stock of wisdom and an array of useful methods for making decisions and getting things done. This critical introduction uncovers and celebrates this imagination and its creative potential. Nicholas A. Phelps explores the key themes and driving questions in the circulation of planning ideas and methods over time and across spaces, identifying the contrasts and commonalities between urban planning systems and cultures. He argues that the tools for inclusive urban planning are today, more than ever, not solely restricted to the hands of planning bodies, but are distributed across citizens, a variety of organizations (what Phelps calls ‘clubs’) and states. As a result, the book sets the ground for the new arrangements between these groups and actors which will be central to the future of urban planning. By unsettling standard accounts, this book compels us towards more critical and creative thinking to ensure that the imagination, wisdom and methods of urban planning are mobilized towards achieving the aspiration of shaping better places.Trade Review"By exploring a significant aspect of planning work, this important primer makes a persuasive case for paying attention to the promising potential of planning imaginations in an increasingly urbanized world."Journal of the American Planning Association "With his book, Nicholas A. Phelps has presented a refreshingly liberating view of urban planning that avoids the greatest pitfalls of localism." Soziopolis "A wise and stimulating book."Zef Hemel, Rooilijn"A stock of wisdom and a series of useful methods [...] with the conviction that new and more supportive collaborations are central to the future of urban planning."TOPSCAPE"The Urban Planning Imagination goes beyond planning as reactive and regulative profession and revisits planning’s histories and geographies. This mind-opening and path-breaking book deploys a whole set of new vocabularies – imagination, substance, wisdom, methods, comparison, exchanges – to depict an exciting, forward-looking, progressive vision of planning. Rethinking fundamental aspects of planning, Nicholas A. Phelps presents a critical reading of diverse international practices and provides a profound inspiration to a new generation of planners."Fulong Wu, UCL Bartlett School of Planning"The growing complexity of society, cities and planning requires the original insights and analysis that Nicholas A. Phelps provides. Building on the diversity of planning practices, Phelps provides a framework that allows us to move forward to tackle the challenges of cities and city planning. Highly recommended."Phil Allmendinger, University of CambridgeTable of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction: what is planning? Chapter 2 Imagination: what is planning's spirit and purpose? Chapter 3: Substance: what are the objects of planning? Chapter 4: Wisdom: what does planning teach us? Chapter 5: Methods: what are the means planning? Chapter 6: Comparisons: what are the global variations in planning? Chapter 7: Exchanges: what are the global connections in planning? Chapter 8: Conclusion: what is the future of planning?
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Planetary Social Thought: The Anthropocene
Book SynopsisThe Anthropocene has emerged as perhaps the scientific concept of the new millennium. Going further than earlier conceptions of the human–environment relationship, Anthropocene science proposes that human activity is tipping the whole Earth system into a new state, with unpredictable consequences. Social life has become a central ingredient in the dynamics of the planet itself. How should the social sciences respond to the opportunities and challenges posed by this development? In this innovative book, Clark and Szerszynski argue that social thinkers need to revise their own presuppositions about the social: to understand it as the product of a dynamic planet, self-organizing over deep time. They outline ‘planetary social thought’: a transdisciplinary way of thinking social life with and through the Earth. Using a range of case studies, they show how familiar social processes can be radically recast when looked at through a planetary lens, revealing how the world-transforming powers of human social life have always depended on the forging of relations with the inhuman potentialities of our home planet. Presenting a social theory of the planetary, this book will be essential reading for students and scholars interested in humanity’s relation to the changing Earth.Trade Review“We hear a lot about the global environmental crisis, but do we have the ideas to get us out of the problems we have collectively created? Planetary Social Thought challenges social scientists and humanists to rebuild their intellectual house so as to help humanity think anew about a world to come.” Noel Castree, University of Manchester “Planetary Social Thought is a wide-ranging exploration of how closely intertwined, and how mutually sensitive, are the human and geological realms. This vivid and passionately argued book can help illuminate these new, emergent landscapes, and chart a path through them.”Jan Zalasiewicz, University of Leicester “This book offers a terra-forming analysis, strongly willed to make us think. Using more than one analytic perspective at once--geos and bios and what exceeds both--its scope ranges topologically from the planet to the microbe. Planetary Social Thought is a feat of writing—and it is not afraid of animisms!”Marisol de la Cadena, University of California, Davis “Planetary Social Thought takes the challenge of the Anthropocene to a new level. Rather than simply adopting a social science view of the planet, the authors allow planetary forces to redefine the very sense of the social, and allow the planet to take its place in the contested space of social entities. Clark and Szerszynski have redefined what “thought” will be for the twenty-first century.”Claire Colebrook, Pennsylvania State University“A deeply interdisciplinary text that should spark a wide range of interpretive analytical possibilities. […] For the proliferating courses and lectures on the Anthropocene specifically, one sees this as becoming standard reading.”New Global StudiesTable of ContentsIntroduction: What Planet Are You On? Chapter 1: Earth at the Threshold Chapter 2: Who Speaks through the Earth? Chapter 3: Planetary Social Life in the Making Chapter 4: What is Planetary Social Thought? Chapter 5: Inhuman Modernity, Earthly Violence Chapter 6: Terra Mobilis Chapter 7: Unearthing Worlds, Decolonizing the Planet Chapter 8: Conclusion
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Undocumented Migration
Book SynopsisUndocumented migration is a global and yet elusive phenomenon. Despite contemporary efforts to patrol national borders and mass deportation programs, it remains firmly placed at the top of the political agenda in many countries where it receives hostile media coverage and generates fierce debate. However, as this much-needed book makes clear, unauthorized movement should not be confused or crudely assimilated with the social reality of growing numbers of large, settled populations lacking full citizenship and experiencing precarious lives. From the journeys migrants take to the lives they seek on arrival and beyond, Undocumented Migration provides a comparative view of how this phenomenon plays out, looking in particular at the United States and Europe. Drawing on their extensive expertise, the authors breathe life into the various issues and debates surrounding migration, including the experiences and voices of migrants themselves, to offer a critical analysis of a hidden and too often misrepresented population.Trade Review"Undoubtedly, this volume will be immensely valuable to students and scholars from a wide range of academic disciplines as well as to interested policy makers and immigrant rights advocates. The crisis we are living around the world today underscores the importance of understanding how immigrants become undocumented and their resultant vulnerabilities across different contexts, as the authors of this volume propose."Cecilia Menjívar, American Journal of Sociology"[A] concise and excellent book on the forces that render millions of people 'illegal'. The book's strength stems from its ability to cross national boundaries. […] This is precisely the book we need right now because it delivers its powerful and sophisticated message with clear and urgent prose."Walter Nicholls, Sociology“Undocumented Migration is a readable and carefully researched work providing a comparative examination of diverse ways that nation states and sub-national localities enact and enforce policies restricting or supporting the human rights, freedoms, and agency of the people subject to such disempowerment and vulnerability.”Ethnic and Racial Studies"[P]rovides insightful and timely discussions to reflect on how 'becoming' an undocumented migrant is a process woven at multiple scales of the social realm […] portraying a broader understanding of the multiple complexities that nowadays shape undocumented migration."Canadian Journal of Sociology"This lucid and cogent book is a most welcome addition to the growing literature on migration. It applies a sharp and sophisticated lens to the multiple processes by which migrants are made 'illegal,' challenging prevailing simplifications that depict illegal or undocumented migrants as culpable violators of legitimate border controls. With deft writing and a wonderfully broad span that stretches from national and international migration governance structures to the experiences of people affected by different forms of migration, the authors introduce the reader to some of the most challenging and urgent political and social problems of our time."Jacqueline Bhabha, Harvard University, and author of Can We Solve the Migration Crisis?"Drawing on examples from the United States, the United Kingdom, and the European Union, Undocumented Migration offers a rare comparative examination of undocumented migration and illegality. It is recommended reading for anyone interested in learning about one of the most important global population movements of our time."Leo R. Chavez, University of California, Irvine, and author of The Latino Threat: Constructing Immigrants, Citizens, and the NationTable of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1: Who Are Undocumented Immigrants? Chapter 2: Theorizing the Lived Experience of Migrant Illegality Chapter 3: Geographies of Undocumented Migration Chapter 4: Immigration Enforcement, Detention, and Deportation Chapter 5: Undocumented Status and Social Mobility Chapter 6: Families and Children Chapter 7: Challenging Exclusion
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Resident Foreigners: A Philosophy of Migration
Book SynopsisFrom the shores of Europe to the Mexican-US border, mass migration is one of the most pressing issues we face today. Yet at the same time, calls to defend national sovereignty are becoming ever more vitriolic, with those fleeing war, persecution, and famine vilified as a threat to our security as well as our social and economic order. In this book, written amidst the dark resurgence of appeals to defend ‘blood and soil’, Donatella Di Cesare challenges the idea of the exclusionary state, arguing that migration is a fundamental human right. She develops an original philosophy of migration that places the migrants themselves, rather than states and their borders, at the centre. Through an analysis of three historic cities, Athens, Rome and Jerusalem, Di Cesare shows how we should conceive of migrants not as an other but rather as resident foreigners. This means recognising that citizenship cannot be based on any supposed connection to the land or an exclusive claim to ownership that would deny the rights of those who arrive as migrants. Instead, citizenship must be disconnected from the possession of territory altogether and founded on the principle of cohabitation – and on the ultimate reality that we are all temporary guests and tenants of the earth. Di Cesare’s argument for a new ethics of hospitality will be of great interest to all those concerned with the challenges posed by migration and with the increasingly hostile attitudes towards migrants, as well as students and scholars of philosophy and political theory.Trade Review‘Deeply original, thoughtful and based on an incredible erudition, Donatella Di Cesare’s plea for a world in which all human beings would be “resident foreigners” is the best answer to the rise of racism, xenophobia and nationalism.’Enzo Traverso, Cornell University‘In this accessible and lively work, Di Cesare writes with knowledge and passion on one of the key systemic contradictions of capitalism. Highly recommended.’Morning Star‘theoretically deep and politically stimulating… public philosophy at its best’Contemporary Political TheoryTable of ContentsIntroduction. In short 1. Migrants and the state 1. Ellis Island; 2. If the migrant unmasked the state; 3. The state-centric order; 4. A fundamental hostility; 5. Beyond sovereignty. A marginal note; 6. Philosophy and migration; 7. A shipwreck with spectators. On the current debate. 8. Thinking from the shore. 9. Migration and modernity. 10. Columbus and the image of the globe. 11 ‘We refugees’. The scum of the earth. 12. What rights for the stateless? 13. The frontier of democracy. 14. The sovereigntism of closing the borders. 15. Philosophers against Samaritans. 16. Citizens’ priority and the dogma of self-determination; 17. If the state is a club. Exclusionary liberalism; 18. The defence of national integrity; 19. Ownership over the earth: a baseless myth; 20. Freedom of movement and birth privilege; 21. Migrants against the poor? Welfare chauvinism and global justice; 22. Neither exodus nor ‘deportation’ nor ‘human trafficking’; 23. Jus migrandi. For the right to migrate; 24. Mare liberum and the sovereign’s word; 25. Kant, the right to visit and residency denied 2. The end of hospitality? 1. The continent of migrants. 2. ‘Us’ and ‘them’. The grammar of hatred. 3. Europe, 2015. 4. Hegel, the Mediterranean and the cemetery of the sea, 5. Fadoul’s story. 6. ‘Refugees’ and ‘migrants’. Impossible classifications. 7. The metamorphoses of the exile. 8. Asylum: from an ambiguous right to a dispositif of power. 9. ‘You’re not from here!’ An existential negation. 10. The migrant’s original sin. 11. ‘Illegals’: being condemned to invisibility. 12. Terms of domination: ‘integration’ and ‘naturalisation’; 13. When the immigrant remains an émigré; 14. The foreigner who lives outside, the foreigner who lives within; 15. Clandestine passageways, heterotopias, anarchic routes. 3. Resident foreigners 1. On exile. 2. Neither rootlessness or wandering. 3. Phenomenology of habitation. 4. What does migrating mean? 5. The global homelessness. 6. ‘Children of the Earth’. Athens and the myth of autochthony. 7. Rome: the city without origin and the imperial citizenship. 8. The theological-political charter of the ger. 9. Jerusalem. The city of foreigners. 10. On return. 4. Living together in the new millennium. 1. The new age of walls. 2. Lampedusa: the name of what border? 3. Condemned not to move. 4. The world of camps. 5. The passport, a paradoxical document. 6. ‘To each their own home!’ Cryptoracism and the new Hitlerism. 7. Hospitality. In the impasse between ethics and politics. 8. Beyond citizenship. 9. The limits of cosmopolitanism. 10. Community, immunity, reception. 11. When Europe is drowned… 12. Making room for others. 13. What does cohabitation mean? 14. Resident foreigners. References Name index
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Gold
Book SynopsisGold remains a highly prized and impactful resource within the global economy. From the insatiable demand for gold in the electronics that permeate our day-to-day lives to the environmental desolation driven by gold mining in the Amazon, the gold trade continues to touch the lives and livelihoods of people across the world. Bloomfield and Maconachie tell the intriguing story of the yellow metal, tracing the seismic shifts in the industry over the past few decades. They show how huge purchases of gold reserves by BRICS countries mark the shifting balance of power away from the West, and how rising affluence in India and China has led to a surging demand for gold jewellery, calling into question current approaches to make supply chains more responsible. Explaining why gold is so difficult to regulate and why it is only becoming more so, the authors suggest ways we could, collectively, make practices work better for the countless workers and communities who suffer at the producer end of the supply chain. Linking local to global, producer to consumer, and gold’s extraction from the Earth to the financial centres that fuel it, this book offers a probing analysis that reveals who wins and who loses and what this means for the future of gold.Trade Review‘Gold traces familiar histories and possible futures of a commodity that is associated with beauty, wealth and yet also so much destruction. Readable, accessible and brimming with insights that keep readers on their toes, the book will be immensely useful for students, teachers and general interest readers alike.’Anthony Bebbington, Clark University ‘Working as modern-day political economy alchemists, Bloomfield and Maconachie mobilise their deep expertise to explain why it is so difficult to turn gold mining into valuable forms of development.’Philippe Le Billon, University of British Columbia and author of Wars of Plunder
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd What is Environmental Politics?
Book SynopsisWhy is it so difficult to control, or fix, pollution? How can we justify harvesting the world’s natural resources at unsustainable rates, even though these activities cause known harm to both people and ecosystems? Scientific knowledge and technological advances alone cannot tackle these environmental challenges; they also involve difficult political choices and trade-offs both locally and globally. What is Environmental Politics? introduces students to the different ways society attempts to deal with the political decisions needed to prevent or recover from environmental damage. Across its six chapters leading environmental scholar Elizabeth DeSombre explains what makes environmental problems, such as climate change, overfishing or deforestation, particularly challenging to address via political processes, what types of political structures are more or less likely to prioritize protecting the environment, and how effective political intervention can improve environmental conditions and the lives of people who depend on them.It will be a vital resource for students new to the field of environmental politics as well as readers interested in protecting the future of our planet.Trade Review“This accessible primer illuminates the complex political challenges that arise when actors with diverse interests, unequal power relations, and competing values confront the environmental crisis. DeSombre offers practical suggestions for engaging with environmental politics to foster broader social and economic change to benefit the planet.”Michele Betsill, Colorado State University “At a time when the problems can seem overwhelming, this highly readable and skilfully executed book makes a compelling case for understanding environmental politics as a way to engage in it more effectively.”Ken Conca, American UniversityTable of ContentsAcknowledgements 1. Defining Environmental Politics 2. Uncertainty and Science 3. Political Structures 4. Political Actors 5. International Environmental Politics 6. Engaging with Environmental Politics Notes Selected Readings Index
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd What is Environmental Politics?
Book SynopsisWhy is it so difficult to control, or fix, pollution? How can we justify harvesting the world’s natural resources at unsustainable rates, even though these activities cause known harm to both people and ecosystems? Scientific knowledge and technological advances alone cannot tackle these environmental challenges; they also involve difficult political choices and trade-offs both locally and globally. What is Environmental Politics? introduces students to the different ways society attempts to deal with the political decisions needed to prevent or recover from environmental damage. Across its six chapters leading environmental scholar Elizabeth DeSombre explains what makes environmental problems, such as climate change, overfishing or deforestation, particularly challenging to address via political processes, what types of political structures are more or less likely to prioritize protecting the environment, and how effective political intervention can improve environmental conditions and the lives of people who depend on them.It will be a vital resource for students new to the field of environmental politics as well as readers interested in protecting the future of our planet.Trade Review“This accessible primer illuminates the complex political challenges that arise when actors with diverse interests, unequal power relations, and competing values confront the environmental crisis. DeSombre offers practical suggestions for engaging with environmental politics to foster broader social and economic change to benefit the planet.”Michele Betsill, Colorado State University “At a time when the problems can seem overwhelming, this highly readable and skilfully executed book makes a compelling case for understanding environmental politics as a way to engage in it more effectively.”Ken Conca, American UniversityTable of ContentsAcknowledgements1. Defining Environmental Politics2. Uncertainty and Science3. Political Structures4. Political Actors5. International Environmental Politics6. Engaging with Environmental Politics NotesSelected ReadingsIndex
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd How To Think About Cities
Book SynopsisCities are raucous, cacophonous, and complex. Many dimensions of life play out and conflict across cities’ intricate landscapes, be they political, cultural, economic, or social. Urban policy makers and analysts often attempt to “cut through the noise” of urban disagreement by emphasizing a dominant lens for understanding the key, central logic of the city. How To Think About Cities sees this tendency to selective vision as misleading and ultimately unjust: cities are many things at once to different people and communities. This book describes the various ways of seeing the functions and landscapes of the city as place frames, and the constant process of negotiating which place frames best explain the city as place-making. Martin and Pierce call for an explicitly hybrid perspective that shifts between many different frames for making sense of cities. This approach highlights how any given stance opens up some lines of inquiry and understanding while closing off others. Thinking of cities as sites of contested perspectives promotes a synthetic approach to urban analysis that emphasizes difference and political possibility. This mosaic view of the city will be a welcome read for those within urban studies, geography, and social sciences exploring the many faces of urban life.Trade Review“We need to embrace cities in all their diversity and complexity while realizing that we can never truly grasp the infinitely radical plurality of urbanism. This is the core of Martin and Pierce’s captivating methodological narrative of place-framing as an analytical and political strategy for the urban age. A delightful book!”Elvin Wyly, University of British Columbia“This book will change how you think about cities and the urban. Martin and Pierce advance place-framing as a deeply compelling approach to studying cities. They draw from classical texts and concepts in urban studies and allied fields to offer a new and highly accessible way to untangle the messiness of the city.”Katherine Hankins, Georgia State University “In How to Think About Cities, Martin and Pierce provide a valuable contribution in reorienting urban analysis in a promising and productive direction. The book should occupy a prominent place in the reading list of every urban scholar, whether novice or established.”Robert W. Lake, Journal of Urban AffairsTable of Contents1. Introduction: Cities are Places 2. City of London: A Machine for Living / The Seat of Wealth 3. Tehran: Islamic Developmentalism / Diverse Cosmopolitanism 4. Worcester: Local Economic Engine / Regional Forest Under Threat 5. Portland: Paradise of Environmentalism / Legacy of Exclusionary Racism 6. Chongqing: International Cyberpunk Marvel / National Policy Innovator 7. Jerusalem: Religious Tourist Destination / Ethno-National Citadel 8. Conclusion: The Impossibilities of Fully Knowing a City
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Multiracism: Rethinking Racism in Global Context
Book SynopsisRacism is a world problem. From Morocco to China, Brazil to Indonesia, racism is being debated and contested. Multiracism broadens the horizon on this global challenge, showing that racism has a diverse history with multiple roots and routes. Drawing on examples of racism from across the globe, with particular focus on cases from Asia and Africa, Alastair Bonnett rethinks the origins of racism and the connections between racism and modernity. Arguing that plural modernities are interwoven with plural racisms, he explores the relationship of racism to history, religion, politics, and nationalism, as well as to anti-Black prejudice and discourses of whiteness. Empirically rich, with numerous in-depth case studies, Multiracism equips readers to understand racism in a multipolar world where power is no longer the sole possession of the West. It provides and provokes a new, international, and post-Western vision of racism for the twenty-first century.Trade Review‘Elegantly written with a breath-taking level of global reach, this highly readable account draws on a varied and engaging set of examples to articulate and elaborate the fundamental argument about global multiracism. This is a central paradigmatic challenge to mainstream positions in the field of racial and ethnic studies which fail to recognize and account for the huge range of racisms operating across the planet.’Ian Law, University of Leeds ‘Covering many non-Western societies where the binary White/non-White is absent, this book provides an incisive, insightful, and important contribution to the understanding of the specificities, practices, and consequences of “world racism”. Highly recommended for specialists as well as general readers.’Zaheer Baber, University of Toronto‘A fantastic book … which I was extremely impressed by and extremely interested in because I believe it to be the only piece of work that looks at these issues in a global context.’Aynsley Taylor, Director, Ipsos Knowledge Centre‘[A]n excellent read, for racism practitioners, students, tutors, and researchers alike. […] The explanations of the effect of capitalism, globalization, and postmodernity in perpetuating racism are first class.’Sociological InquiryTable of ContentsIntroduction: Reframing Racisms Chapter 1 Explaining Racisms Beyond the West: Roots and Routes Chapter 2 History and Nostalgia: Ruptures, Racism, and the Experience of Loss Chapter 3 Religion’s Furies: Racism in Fundamentalism, Casteism, and Islamophobia Chapter 4 Political Sites of Racist Modernity: Communism, Capitalism, and Nationalism Chapter 5 Shifting Symbols: Whiteness in Japan and Blackness in Morocco Conclusions
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