Social Geographies: An Introduction
Social geographies is a flourishing field that studies a diverse range of current social issues through a spatial lens. Capturing a lively and dynamic area of scholarship, this major textbook showcases the breadth of conceptual and empirical approaches that social geographers use to understand the world we live in. It is collectively authored by one of the largest groups of social geographers in the world.

The book develops a vision of social geographies that is rooted in longstanding commitments to justice, equality and social change, while incorporating new approaches, topics and concerns. It offers the most contemporary and comprehensive round-up of social geographies to date, making sense of its rich and diverse interests. Its 34 chapters contain lively and accessible summaries of current research on familiar topics such as space and time, race, class, housing and health; and recent developments including digital worlds, performance, sustainability and food.

Above all, this collection makes clear the enormous relevance and contributions of social geographies, not only to our understanding of a wide range of global and local issues, but also to working for change for a better world alongside communities, policy makers and social movements.

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Social Geographies: An Introduction
Social geographies is a flourishing field that studies a diverse range of current social issues through a spatial lens. Capturing a lively and dynamic area of scholarship, this major textbook showcases the breadth of conceptual and empirical approaches that social geographers use to understand the world we live in. It is collectively authored by one of the largest groups of social geographers in the world.

The book develops a vision of social geographies that is rooted in longstanding commitments to justice, equality and social change, while incorporating new approaches, topics and concerns. It offers the most contemporary and comprehensive round-up of social geographies to date, making sense of its rich and diverse interests. Its 34 chapters contain lively and accessible summaries of current research on familiar topics such as space and time, race, class, housing and health; and recent developments including digital worlds, performance, sustainability and food.

Above all, this collection makes clear the enormous relevance and contributions of social geographies, not only to our understanding of a wide range of global and local issues, but also to working for change for a better world alongside communities, policy makers and social movements.

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Social Geographies: An Introduction

Social Geographies: An Introduction

by The Newcastle Social Geographies Collective
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Social Geographies: An Introduction

Social Geographies: An Introduction

by The Newcastle Social Geographies Collective

Overview

Social geographies is a flourishing field that studies a diverse range of current social issues through a spatial lens. Capturing a lively and dynamic area of scholarship, this major textbook showcases the breadth of conceptual and empirical approaches that social geographers use to understand the world we live in. It is collectively authored by one of the largest groups of social geographers in the world.

The book develops a vision of social geographies that is rooted in longstanding commitments to justice, equality and social change, while incorporating new approaches, topics and concerns. It offers the most contemporary and comprehensive round-up of social geographies to date, making sense of its rich and diverse interests. Its 34 chapters contain lively and accessible summaries of current research on familiar topics such as space and time, race, class, housing and health; and recent developments including digital worlds, performance, sustainability and food.

Above all, this collection makes clear the enormous relevance and contributions of social geographies, not only to our understanding of a wide range of global and local issues, but also to working for change for a better world alongside communities, policy makers and social movements.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781786612298
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date: 10/19/2020
Pages: 440
Product dimensions: 717.00(w) x 9.96(h) x 1.19(d)

About the Author

Authored by the Newcastle Social Geographies Collective. The majority of contributors are based within or affiliated to the Geographies of Social Change Research Cluster in the Geography subject area of the School of Geography, Politics and Sociology at Newcastle University. Some are based in neighbouring disciplines or fields at Newcastle University but engage with social geographies in their research or identify with the sub-field in different ways.

Table of Contents

Part I Introductions
1. Creating More Social Geographies, Newcastle Social Geographies Collective
2. Theories in Social Geographies, Robert Shaw
3. Researching Social Geographies, Rachel Pain and Peter Hopkins

Part II Foundations
4. Space and Time, Robert Shaw
5. Scale, Quan Gao
6. Social Change, Alastair Bonnett
7. Justice, Craig Jones and Michael Richardson
8. Indigeneity, Stefan Rzedzian
9. Nation and Nationalism, Matthew C. Benwell
10. Urban/rural, Wen Lin and Ruth McAreavey
11. Everyday, Alison Stenning, with Leah Chan, Lottie Rhodes and Katy Smith
12. Emotion, Matej Blazek, with Leah Chan, Lottie Rhodes and Katy Smith

Part III Divisions
13. Race, Raksha Pande
14. Religion, Kawtar Najib and Robin Finlay
15. Class, Anoop Nayak
16. Gender, Michael Richardson, Raksha Pande and Ged Ridley
17. Sexualities, Graeme Mearns and Carl Bonner-Thompson
18. Disability, Janice McLaughlin
19. Age, Peter Hopkins and Rachel Pain
20. Intersectionality, Alessandro Boussalem, Nathar Iqbal and Peter Hopkins

Part IV Issues
21. Housing, Julia Heslop and Helen Jarvis
22. Wealth and Poverty, Roger Burrows
23. Health, Clare Bambra and Ali Copeland
24. Education, Simon Tate
25. Policing the City, Elaine Campbell
26. Migration and Diaspora, Maddy Thompson and Robin Finlay
27. Encounter, Nathar Iqbal
28. Social Reproduction, Al James
29. Performance, Ruth Raynor
30. Data, Niall Cunningham
31. Digital, Graeme Mearns and Carl Bonner-Thompson
32. Sustainability, Gareth Powells
33. Environmental Justice, Joe Herbert
34. Food and More-than-human Geographies, Suzanne Hocknell

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