Human Geography - Research
Infrastructural Times
Temporality and the Making of Global Urban Worlds
This agenda-setting volume disrupts conventional notions of time through a robust examination of the relations between temporality, infrastructure and urban society. With global coverage of diverse cities and regions from Berlin to Jayapura, this book re-evaluates the temporal complexities that shape our infrastructured worlds.
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Refugee Youth
Migration, Justice and Urban Space
Telling the stories of young refugees in a range of international settings, this book explores how newcomers navigate urban spaces and negotiate multiple injustices in their everyday lives, giving voice to refugee youth from a wide variety of social backgrounds.
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Developing a Critical Pedagogy of Migration Studies
Ethics, Politics and Practice in the Classroom
Complete with pedagogical features that provide space for reflection and discussion, this book invites readers to examine their own relationships with migration, ethics, politics and power, encouraging teachers, students and practitioners to think critically about their position in relation to the knowledge they both bring and gain.
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Austerity, Welfare and Work
Exploring Politics, Geographies and Inequalities
The impacts of austerity and welfare reform on work and employment relations are explored in this perceptive assessment. This book highlights the role of trade unions and social movements in challenging the insecurities and inequalities imposed by work-focused welfare policies such as Universal Credit and proposes progressive new paths for welfare.
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Local Government in Europe
New Perspectives and Democratic Challenges
Drawing on classical and emerging research perspectives, this comprehensive book provides an up-to-date review of local government in Europe.
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Spatializing Marcuse
Critical Theory for Contemporary Times
This reappraisal of the geographical aspects of philosopher Herbert Marcuse’s theories finds fresh meanings and contemporary applications in his work. The book reveals what they tell us about space and politics today, how they can interpret modern geopolitics and provide the tools to overturn the status quo.
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Contesting Aviation Expansion
Depoliticisation, Technologies of Government and Post-Aviation Futures
This book analyses the strategies used by public authorities to expand the UK aviation industry in relation to growing political opposition and the negative impacts on local communities and climate change. The authors promote a radical rethinking of our attitudes to flying, laying the ground for a more sustainable future.
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Cities for a Small Continent
International Handbook of City Recovery
Through varied case studies this original book compares changes between Northern and Southern European countries, bigger and smaller cities over 10 years, to present a compelling framework showing how Europe’s post-industrial cities are striving to combat environmental and social unravelling.
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Ethnicity, class and aspiration
Understanding London's new East End
An analysis of the aspirations of different groups living in East London and the strategies they have used to improve their status.
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Urban competitiveness
Policies for dynamic cities
The factors that make some cities more successful has become an increasingly important policy issue. This book is the first to explore facets of competitiveness in a systematic way that combines theory, evidence and policy implications. Bringing together experts on urban economic performance, it provides a new look at urban competitiveness.
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Leading the Inclusive City
Place-Based Innovation for a Bounded Planet
This engaging book argues that imaginative place-based leadership can enable citizens to shape the urban future while advancing social justice, promoting care for the environment and bolstering community empowerment.
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Contemporary Economic Geographies
Inspiring, Critical and Plural Perspectives
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