Description
Book SynopsisThe study of inequalities is the cornerstone of social geographic research. This book explores how cities as well as rural spaces are organized in ways that construct and maintain social inequality. A global perspective is maintained throughout, drawing on experiences, theories, and ideas from the global north and south.
Trade Review"By not taking the well-trodden route of segmenting discussions of social geographies of gender, race, age, sex and so on, Del Casino is breaking the mould. He is offering something far superior ... [and] very accessible and student friendly." (Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, 2012)
"The Social Geography contribution to Wiley-Blackwell's Critical Introductions to Geography series is a thoroughly up-to-date examination of the field, considering difference and inequality through the history of the discipline before making use of an innovative life-course approach. Del Casino has a fluid and engaging style of writing, incorporating research from a wide selection of subfields in social geography, while also drawing connections and illustrating contrasts." (Area, 2011)
Table of ContentsList of Figures vii
List of Tables viii
List of Boxes ix
List of Abbreviations xi
Acknowledgements xiii
Cover Image xv
Introduction 1
Part I Historicizing Social Geography: From Theory to Methodology 9
1 Social Geography? What’s That? 11
2 Social Geography in Three Acts and an Epilogue 29
3 Thinking Methodologically 63
Part II Social Geographies across the Life Course 95
4 Social Geography and the Geographies of Health 97
5 Communities and Organizations 125
6 Social Activism/Social Movements/Social Justice 154
Part III Social Geographies through the Life Course 183
7 On the Geographies of Children and Young People 185
8 Social Geographies of the “Mid-Life”? 211
9 Ageing and the “New” Social Geographies of Older People 238
Part IV Conclusions 265
10 Epilogue v. 2.0 267
11 Rethinking the Social Geographies of Difference and Inequality 275
References 282
Index 311
