The 6th edition of this highly respected text builds upon the successful structure, engaging writing style and clear presentation of previous editions. Examining urban social geography …
This paper develops a post‐humanist account of urban public space. It breaks with a long tradition that has located the culture and politics of public spaces such as streets and parks …
Gerard Delanty provides a comprehensive assessment of the idea of cosmopolitanism in social and political thought which links cosmopolitan theory with critical social theory. He …
This book examines experiences and implications of'against-the-grain'school choices, where white middle class families choose ordinary and'low performing'secondary schools …
I Danewid - European Journal of International Relations, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Over the last few years, an emergent body of International Relations scholarship has taken an interest in the rise of global cities and the challenges they bring to existing geographies …
This book forms part of a long-term research programme on the relationship between tourism, culture, creativity and development, supported by ongoing empirical research in …
The authors acknowledge that their" view [for the open, multicultural city] is prescriptive, culturally bound, and Western". Their view is that the" secular humanism position" which has …
T Edensor - Social & cultural geography, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
Tourism is commonly understood as an exception or special time, a period when the normal everyday constraints are suspended: tourists are temporarily immersed in spaces of …
A Amin, N Thrift - Progress in human geography, 2007 - journals.sagepub.com
This article seeks to re-imagine the urban economy from a cultural-economy perspective. The first part summarizes a perspective arguing that economic life is so shot through with …