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  • Unsettling Cities

    Movement/Settlement

    Redigeret af John Allen, Doreen Massey, Michael Pryke ...
    Serier serie Understanding Cities
    This text examines the global nature of cities - cities whose openness has shaped their dynamism and character.It explores cities as sites of movement, migration and settlement where different peoples, cultures and environments combine. Unsettling Cities explores the mix of proximity and difference that exists in the rich and diverse texture of city life. The contributors reveal the association ... Læs mere

    589,99 kr.

  • City Worlds

    af John Allen, Doreen Massey, Steve Pile ...
    Serier serie Understanding Cities
    For the first time in history, half of the worlds population is living in mega-cities. Never before have we confronted such a geography of the worlds people.Analysing cities through spatial understanding, City Worlds explores how different worlds within the city are brought into close proximity. The authors outline new ways to address the ambiguities of cities: their promise and potential, their ... Læs mere

    568,53 kr.

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  • Urban Geography

    af Tim Hall, Heather Barrett ...
    Serier serie Routledge Contemporary Human Geography Series
    This revised fifth edition not only examines the new geographical patterns forming within and between cities, but also investigates the way geographers have sought to make sense of this urban transformation. It is structured into three sections: 'contexts', 'themes' and 'issues' that move students from a foundation in urban geography through its major themes to contemporary and pressing issues. ... Læs mere

    525,61 kr.

  • The New Blackwell Companion to The City

    Redigeret af Gary Bridge, Sophie Watson ...
    Serier serie Wiley Blackwell Companions to Geography
    This book considers the state of the city and contemporary urbanisation from a range of intellectual and international perspectives.The most interdisciplinary collection of its kindProvides a contemporary update on urban thinking that builds on well established debates in the fieldUses the city to explore economic, social, cultural, environmental and political issues more broadlyIncludes ... Læs mere

    327,99 kr.

  • The Migrant's Paradox

    Street Livelihoods and Marginal Citizenship in Britain

    af Suzanne M. Hall ...
    Serier serie Globalization and Community
    Connects global migration with urban marginalization, exploring how “race” maps onto place across the globe, state, and streetIn this richly observed account of migrant shopkeepers in five cities in the United Kingdom, Suzanne Hall examines the brutal contradictions of sovereignty and capitalism in the formation of street livelihoods in the urban margins. Hall locates The Migrant’s Paradox on ... Læs mere

    180,49 kr.

  • Tourism and Politics

    Redigeret af Peter M. Burns, Marina Novelli ...
    Tourism and Politics aims to disseminate ideas on the critical discourse of tourism and tourists as they relate to politics, through a series of case studies from around the world written by specialists with an emphasis on linking theory to practice. That tourism is a profoundly important economic sector for most countries and regions of the world is widely accepted, even if some of the detail ... Læs mere

    600,72 kr.

  • The Moralisation of Tourism

    Sun, Sand... and Saving the World?

    af Jim Butcher ...
    Serier serie Contemporary Geographies of Leisure, Tourism and Mobility
    Tourism is no longer an innocent pleasure. It has been interpreted and reinterpreted as an activity which is ultimately damaging to receiving cultures and the environment. 'New' forms of tourism, such as ecotourism, alternative tourism, community tourism and ethical tourism, have been presented as morally superior alternatives to the package holiday, yet ironically, even advocates of these new, ... Læs mere

    525,61 kr.

  • Seventeen Contradictions and the End of Capitalism

    af David Harvey ...
    You thought capitalism was permanent? Think again.David Harvey unravels the contradictions at the heart of capitalism-its drive, for example, to accumulate capital beyond the means of investing it, it's imperative to use the cheapest methods of production that leads to consumers with no means of consumption, and its compulsion to exploit nature to the point of extinction. These are the tensions ... Læs mere

    107,18 kr.

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  • The Tourist Gaze 3.0

    af John Urry, Jonas Larsen ...
    Serier serie Published in association with Theory, Culture & Society
    "The original Tourist Gaze was a classic, marking out a new land to study and appreciate. This new edition extends into fresh areas with the same passion and insight of the object. Even more essential reading!"- Nigel Thrift, Vice-Chancellor, Warwick UniversityThis new edition of a seminal text restructures, reworks and remakes the groundbreaking previous versions making this book even more ... Læs mere

    891,89 kr.

  • Anthropology and Development

    Culture, Morality and Politics in a Globalised World

    af Emma Crewe, Richard Axelby ...
    In recent decades international development has grown into a world-shaping industry. But how do aid agencies work and what do they achieve? How does aid appear to the adults and children who receive it? And why has there been so little improvement in the position of the poor? Viewing aid and development from anthropological perspectives gives illuminating answers to questions such as these. This ... Læs mere

    424,46 kr.

  • Heritage

    Critical Approaches

    af Rodney Harrison ...
    Historic sites, memorials, national parks, museums…we live in an age in which heritage is ever-present. But what does it mean to live amongst the spectral traces of the past, the heterogeneous piling up of historic materials in the present? How did heritage grow from the concern of a handful of enthusiasts and specialists in one part of the world to something which is considered to be universally ... Læs mere

    450,51 kr.

  • The Economics of Cultural Policy

    af David Throsby ...
    Cultural policy is changing. Traditionally, cultural policies have been concerned with providing financial support for the arts, for cultural heritage and for institutions such as museums and galleries. In recent years, around the world, interest has grown in the creative industries as a source of innovation and economic dynamism. This book argues that an understanding of the nature of both the ... Læs mere

    448,04 kr.