Claire Edwards – författare

This edited collection advances critical scholarship about the complex interrelationships between disability and place. Developing theorising around place-making as a relational, everyday practice, it draws on disabled people’s lived experiences to explore the myriad ways in which they encounter, negotiate, and (re)make place.Offering novel insights drawn from research in eight countries, and refracted through diverse experiences of impairment, disability and embodiment, the text draws attention to everyday place-making as a series of performances, feelings, narratives and tactics through which disabled people navigate, occupy and proactively take place. Using a diverse array of methodological approaches, chapters shed light on the embodied experiences and meanings of disability as they are worked out in place. At its heart, this collection argues for a fundamental rethinking of place to foster a radical openness to difference, where disabled people can build meaningful lives, valued social identities and a sense of belonging.Disability and the Making of Place will be of interest to scholars and students within disability studies, human geography, sociology, urban studies, and the social sciences more broadly.

With an ever increasing proportion of the world's population inhabiting urban environments, the management of cities remains a perennial challenge for governments and policymakers. This concise, but wide-ranging text makes sense of the multiple ways in which urban issues and problems have been defined and addressed in different places at different times. From initiatives that focus on social tensions within the urban realm, to those which seek to develop cities as economic entities, the book provides an accessible discussion and critique of some of the key approaches that have characterised urban policy across the globe. Providing case studies of urban policy actions, explanations of key concepts, and succinct chapter summaries, this unique introductory text is invaluable reading for both students and practitioners who are new to the area of urban policy, and who wish to understand and assess policy responses to the challenges posed by urban living and lifestyles.

With an ever increasing proportion of the world''s population inhabiting urban environments, the management of cities remains a perennial challenge for governments and policymakers. This concise, but wide-ranging text makes sense of the multiple ways in which urban issues and problems have been defined and addressed in different places at different times. From initiatives that focus on social tensions within the urban realm, to those which seek to develop cities as economic entities, the book provides an accessible discussion and critique of some of the key approaches that have characterised urban policy across the globe. Providing case studies of urban policy actions, explanations of key concepts, and succinct chapter summaries, this unique introductory text is invaluable reading for both students and practitioners who are new to the area of urban policy, and who wish to understand and assess policy responses to the challenges posed by urban living and lifestyles.

Korsikas wilde Schonheit birgt dunkle Geheimnisse ... Spannender Regionalkrimi in der Macchia fur Fans von Andrea Bonetto und Frankreich-Krimis Die Kommissarin Livia Grimaldi braucht dringend eine Auszeit und will auf der malerischen Insel Korsika Urlaub machen. Bei einer Fuhrung lernt sie den Archaologen Vincente Guidoni und den murrischen Teenager Rico kennen. Doch dann verschwindet Vincente spurlos, und plotzlich findet sich Livia inmitten eines gefahrlichen Ratsels wieder. Wer steckt hinter den illegalen Ausgrabungen, die Vincente aufdecken wollte? Und warum scheinen die ortlichen Behorden nicht einzugreifen? Obwohl sie sich doch nur erholen wollte, beginnt Livia gemeinsam mit Rico und einem Historiker, auf eigene Faust zu ermitteln. Schnell muss sie feststellen, dass die spektakulare Natur der Insel tiefe Abgrunde verbirgt