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Häftad, Engelska, 2002
565 kr
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At a time when references to things 'global' have gained more currency than ever, this book explores the nexus of power and space behind the politics of geographical scale. Explores the nexus of power and space behind the rescaling of contemporary social, economic and political life.Organized into three sections on theorizing scale, the discourses and rhetorics of scale, and scales of activism.Will stimulate discussion about how conceptions and visions of scale inform all aspects of social life.
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Point Is To Change It
Geographies of Hope and Survival in an Age of Crisis
Häftad, Engelska, 2010
247 kr
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Commissioned to celebrate the 40th year of Antipode: A Radical Journal of Geography, this book evaluates the role of the critical social scientist and how the point of their work is not simply to interpret the world but to change it Brings together leading critical social scientists to consider the major challenges of our time and what is to be done about themApplies diagnostic and normative reasoning to momentous issues including the global economic crisis, transnational environmental problems, record levels of malnourishment, never ending wars, and proliferating natural disastersTheoretically diverse - a range of perspectives are put to work ranging from Marxism and feminism to anarchismThe chapters comprise advanced but accessible analyses of the present and future world order