Tracing Mobilities: Towards a Cosmopolitan Perspective Contributor(s): Canzler, Weert (Author), Kaufmann, Vincent (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1138273317 ISBN-13: 9781138273313 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $61.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2016 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - General - Social Science | Demography - Science | Earth Sciences - Geography |
Dewey: 307.2 |
Series: Transport and Society |
Physical Information: 0.44" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.66 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. |