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ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD INTERNAT.

Social Geographies

Social Geographies

An Introduction

ISBN: 9781786612304
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Marking the renaissance of social geographies in recent years, this major textbook showcases the breadth of conceptual and empirical approaches that scholars now utilize to understand contemporary social issues through a spatial lens.





The book is collectively authored by one of the largest groups of social geographers in the world. It develops a vision of social geographies that is rooted in the commitments that have characterised the sub-discipline for at least half a decade (e.g. society-space relations, justice, equality), while incorporating new approaches, theories and concerns (e.g. emotions, performance, and the more-than-human). Embracing the increasing porosity of our work with neighbouring economic, cultural, political and environmental geographies, the book provides a round-up of the state of the sub-discipline, capturing recent directions and charting new questions and challenges for theory, research and practice. It makes sense of the bewildering variety of contemporary social geographical interests, from longstanding topics (e.g. race, class and gender) to more recent interests (e.g. sustainability, digital worlds and social change).





Above all, it makes clear the relevance and contributions of social geographies not only to understanding a wide range of global and local issues, but to social change alongside communities, policy-makers and social movements.






  • Each chapter offers an introduction to current work in social geographies, providing an overview and in-depth examples. The book has these key features that make it an essential resource for any social geography course:

  • An accessible and engaging style that is ideal for entry level students

  • Definitions of key terms and carefully explained concepts and ideas

  • A range of exciting contemporary examples from a wide variety of geographical settings, including those drawn from the authors’ recent research

  • Cross-referencing between chapters to help students expand learning

  • Illustration with photos, tables, diagrams and other material

  • Suggestions for further reading in each chapter

  • “Real world research” and “real world theory” textboxes providing examples of research projects and theoretical perspectives, bringing topics alive and exploring challenges on the ground


By The Newcastle Social Geographies Collective

Imprint: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD INTERNAT.

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Format: PAPERBACK

Pages: 440

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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Authored by the The Newcastle Social Geographies Collective and edited by Rachel Pain and Peter Hopkins