Mobilities

Name: Mobilities
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ISBN: 9780745634197

ISBN-10: 0745634192

ISBN-13: 9780745634197

Edition: 2007

Authors: John Urry

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Issues of movement - of people, things, information and ideas - are central to peoples ' lives and to most organisations. From oil wars to SMS texting, from airport expansion controversies to the decline of walking, from slave-trading to global terrorism, from global warming to teleworking, issues of 'mobility ' are centre-stage upon many academic and policy agendas. These topics and issues are increasingly analysed as part of a concern with 'mobility ' which this wide-ranging book both describes and seeks to develop.John Urry has been at the centre of these debates and he draws upon an extensive array of new research and material to develop what he calls the 'new mobilities paradigm ' for…

Book details

List price: $28.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Polity Press
Publication date: 12/17/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 6.54" wide x 8.94" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.210
Language: English



Preface



Mobile Worlds



Mobilizing Social Life



'Mobile' Theories and Methods



The Mobilities Paradigm



Moving and Communicating



Pavements and Paths



'Public' Trains



Inhabiting Cars and Roads



Flying Around



Connecting and Imaginging



Societies and Systems on the Move



Gates to Heaven and Hell



Networks



Meetings



Places



Systems and Dark Futures


References


Index