Contested Worlds: An Introduction To Human Geography - Couverture rigide

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ISBN 10 : 0754641120 ISBN 13 : 9780754641124

Editeur : Ashgate Publishing Limited, 2005

Synopsis

Contested Worlds provides an introduction both to a multitude of geographical worlds which are currently being actively constructed and contested, and to a range of different perspectives on these worlds being adopted and contested by geographers. It is unique in its focus on the role of contestation in both the construction of geographical studies and in the geographies these studies seek to address. These issues are explored through a combination of general theoretical discussion and detailed international case studies. The areas discussed range in scale from the global, through the regional and national to the local worlds of the inner city, the neighbourhood and the village, with connections drawn between these scales. The book concludes that geography is being made in quite different ways. It asserts that geography is intrinsically a contested enterprise, and that this should be embraced as part of geographers becoming more critically involved in the making, and studying, of new contemporary human geographies.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Martin Phillips is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Geography, University of Leicester, UK.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Ashgate Publishing Limited
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0754641120
• ISBN 13: 9780754641124
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 490
• Éditeur: Phillips Martin
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible