| Tracing Mobilities: Towards a Cosmopolitan Perspective Contributor(s): Canzler, Weert (Author), Kaufmann, Vincent (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0754648680 ISBN-13: 9780754648680 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $161.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2008 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - General - Social Science | Demography - Science | Earth Sciences - Geography |
| Dewey: 307.2 |
| LCCN: 2007017561 |
| Series: Transport and Society |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.04 lbs) 208 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Mobility is a basic principle of modernity besides others like individuality, rationality, equality and globality. Taking its cue from this concept, this book presents a movement that begins with the macro-social transformations linked to mobility and ends with empirical discussions on the new forms of mobility and their implications for everyday life. The book opens with a study of the social changes unique to the second age of modernity, with contributions from Ulrich Beck, John Urry, Wolfgang Bonss and Sven Kesselring. It continues with a discussion of the implications of these changes for sociological research. Authors such as Vincent Kaufmann, Weert Canzler, Norbert Schneider, Beate Collet, Ruth Limmer and Gerlinde Vogl focus on a series of field examinations, both qualitative and quantitative, of emerging mobilities. The book is a foray into the exciting new field of interdisciplinary mobility research informed by theoretical reflection and empirical investigation. |