Social Geography
A Critical Introduction
Critical Introductions to Geography
1. Edition February 2009
336 Pages, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
Short Description
The 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. Expanding on the debates that inform current social geographic research and interrogating the historical development of social geography, the book provides an analytic framework for theorizing difference in its myriad forms.
Introducing the debates that inform current social geographic research and theory and interrogating the historical development of social geography, Social Geography: A Critical Introduction explores how urban and rural spaces are organized in ways that construct and maintain social inequality.
* Puts into context the assumptions of various strains of social geographic thought as they have developed historically
* Assists students in addressing key social geographic questions and methodologies
* Provides a showcase for cutting edge work in the field
* Is written in an accessible and lively style, setting out a wide breadth of social geographic research
List of Tables.
List of Boxes.
List of Abbreviations.
Acknowledgements.
Cover Image.
Introduction.
Part I Historicizing Social Geography: From Theory to Methodology.
1 Social Geography? What's That?
2 Social Geography in Three Acts and an Epilogue.
3 Thinking Methodologically.
Part II Social Geographies across the Life Course.
4 Social Geography and the Geographies of Health.
5 Communities and Organizations.
6 Social Activism/Social Movements/Social Justice.
Part III Social Geographies through the Life Course.
7 On the Geographies of Children and Young People.
8 Social Geographies of the "Mid-Life"?
9 Ageing and the "New" Social Geographies of Older People.
Part IV Conclusions.
10 Epilogue v. 2.0.
11 Rethinking the Social Geographies of Difference and Inequality.
References.
Index.
