This book examines the 'other' side of the countryside, a place also inhabited (and visited) by women, children, teenagers, the elderly, gay men and lesbians, black and ethnic minorities, the unemployed and the poor. These groups have remained largely excluded by both rural policies and the representations of rural culture. The book charts the experiences of these marginalised groups and sets this exploration within the context of postmodern, poststructuralist, postcolonial and late feminist analysis. This theoretical framework reveals how notions of the rural have been created...
This book examines the 'other' side of the countryside, a place also inhabited (and visited) by women, children, teenagers, the elderly, gay ...
This book examines the 'other' side of the countryside, a place also inhabited (and visited) by women, children, teenagers, the elderly, gay men and lesbians, black and ethnic minorities, the unemployed and the poor. These groups have remained largely excluded by both rural policies and the representations of rural culture. The book charts the experiences of these marginalised groups and sets this exploration within the context of postmodern, poststructuralist, postcolonial and late feminist analysis. This theoretical framework reveals how notions of the rural have been created...
This book examines the 'other' side of the countryside, a place also inhabited (and visited) by women, children, teenagers, the elderly, gay ...
Drawing on recent academic studies in North America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand, this book is the first international text on homelessness in rural areas. Consisting of fifteen specially commissioned chapters, International Perspectives on Rural Homelessness provides comparative material on the cultural, political and policy contexts of rural homelessness, examining the nature and scale of the issue and the complex local geographies of rural homelessness.
Drawing on recent academic studies in North America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand, this book is the first international text on homelessness i...
Practising Human Geography is a critical introduction to key issues in the practice of human geography, informed by the question 'how do geographers do research?' In examining those methods and practices that are essential to doing geography, it presents a theoretically-informed discussion of the construction and interpretation of geographical data
Practising Human Geography is a critical introduction to key issues in the practice of human geography, informed by the question 'how do geographers d...
"SAGEHandbooks set a standard amongst compendia for fields within the social sciences...The book is well produced and includes an excellent index..one that will prove useful to graduate students..." --Paul B. Thompson, Michigan State University
"This book raises the theoretical level of rural studies to new heights...the Handbook of Rural Studies will likely become a key resource on the bookshelves of the next generation of graduate students." --Gary Paul Green, University of Wisconsin-Madison
"This...
"SAGEHandbooks set a standard amongst compendia for fields within the social sciences...The book is well produced and includes an e...
The relationship between nature and culture has become a popular focus in social science, but there have been few grounded accounts of trees. Providing shelter, fuel, food and tools, trees have played a vital role in human life from the earliest times, but their role in symbolic expression has been largely overlooked. For example, trees are often used to express nationalistic feelings. Germans drew heavily on tree and forest imagery in nation-building, and the idea of 'hearts of oak' has been central to concepts of English identity. Classic scenes of ghoulish trees coming to life and...
The relationship between nature and culture has become a popular focus in social science, but there have been few grounded accounts of trees. Provi...
Utilizing innovative ethnographic research, Swept Up Lives? challenges conventional accounts of urban homelessness to trace the complex and varied attempts to care for homeless people
Presents innovative ethnographic research which suggests an important shift in perspective in the analysis and understanding of urban homelessness
Emphasizes the ethical and emotional geographies of care embodied and performed within homeless services spaces
Suggests that different homelessness 'scenes' develop in different places due to varied historical, political, and...
Utilizing innovative ethnographic research, Swept Up Lives? challenges conventional accounts of urban homelessness to trace the complex and var...
This volume traces the complexity of social geography in both its historical and present contexts, whilst challenging readers to reflect critically on the tensions that run through social geographic thought.
Organized to provide a new set of conceptual lenses through which social geographies can be discussed
Presents an original intervention into the debates about social geography
Highlights the importance of social geography within the broader field of geography
This volume traces the complexity of social geography in both its historical and present contexts, whilst challenging readers to reflect critically on...
Globalizing Responsibility: The Political Rationalities of Ethical Consumption presents an innovative reinterpretation of the forces that have shaped the remarkable growth of ethical consumption.
Develops a theoretically informed new approach to shape our understanding of the pragmatic nature of ethical action in consumption processes
Provides empirical research on everyday consumers, social networks, and campaigns
Fills a gap in research on the topic with its distinctive focus on fair trade consumption
Locates ethical consumption within a range of...
Globalizing Responsibility: The Political Rationalities of Ethical Consumption presents an innovative reinterpretation of the forces that have ...
Drawing on recent academic studies in North America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand, this book is the first international text on homelessness in rural areas. Consisting of fifteen specially commissioned chapters, International Perspectives on Rural Homelessness provides comparative material on the cultural, political and policy contexts of rural homelessness, examining the nature and scale of the issue and the complex local geographies of rural homelessness.
Drawing on recent academic studies in North America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand, this book is the first international text on homelessness i...
