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92 produkter
What is the Future?
Av John Urry
Häftad, 2016
259 kr
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Thinking about the future is essential for almost all organizations and societies. States, corporations, universities, cities, NGOs and individuals believe they cannot miss the future. But what exactly is the future? It remains a mystery perhaps the greatest mystery, especially because futures …
Place, Policy and Politics
Do Localities Matter?
Av Michael Harloe, C.G. Pickvance m. fl.
Häftad, 1990
853 kr
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The past ten years have seen local government in the UK facing two major challenges: to survive in the face of Thatcher government hostility, and to adapt to enormously powerful forces of economic restructuring which have also been encouraged by government policies. The key aspects of these …
Cargomobilities
Moving Materials in a Global Age
Av Thomas Birtchnell, Satya Savitzky m. fl.
Häftad, 2019
692 kr
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Objects and materials are on the move like never before, often at astonishing speeds and along hidden routeways. This collection opens to social scientific scrutiny the various systems which move objects about the world, examining their fateful implications for many people and places. Offering …
Touring Cultures
Transformations of Travel and Theory
Av Chris Rojek, John Urry
Inbunden, 1997
2515 kr
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It is becoming ever clearer that while people tour cultures, cultures and objects themselves are in a constant state of migration. This collection brings together some of the most influential writers in the field to examine the complex connections between tourism and cultural change and the …
Touring Cultures
Transformations of Travel and Theory
Av Chris Rojek, John Urry
Häftad, 1997
1042 kr
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It is becoming ever clearer that while people tour cultures, cultures and objects themselves are in a constant state of migration. This collection brings together some of the most influential writers in the field to examine the complex connections between tourism and cultural change and the …
Consuming Places
Av JOHN Urry
Inbunden, 1995
2515 kr
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John Urry has been discussing and writing on these and similar questions for the past fifteen years. In Consuming Places, he gathers together his most significant contributions. Urry begins with an extensive review of the connections between society, time and space. The concept of 'society', the …
Consuming Places
Av JOHN Urry
Häftad, 1995
649 kr
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John Urry has been discussing and writing on these and similar questions for the past fifteen years. In Consuming Places, he gathers together his most significant contributions. Urry begins with an extensive review of the connections between society, time and space. The concept of 'society', the …
Sociology Beyond Societies
Mobilities for the Twenty-First Century
Av John Urry
Inbunden, 1999
2515 kr
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In this ground-breaking contribution to social theory, John Urry argues that the traditional basis of sociology - the study of society - is outmoded in an increasingly borderless world. If sociology is to make a pertinent contribution to the post societal era it must forget the social rigidities of …
Sociology Beyond Societies
Mobilities for the Twenty-First Century
Av John Urry
Häftad, 1999
824 kr
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In this ground-breaking contribution to social theory, John Urry argues that the traditional basis of sociology - the study of society - is outmoded in an increasingly borderless world. If sociology is to make a pertinent contribution to the post societal era it must forget the social rigidities of …
Tourism Mobilities
Places to Play, Places in Play
Inbunden, 2004
2515 kr
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Many places around the world are being produced, converted, interpreted and made fit for tourist consumption. This fascinating book analyzes tourist performances such as walking, shopping, sunbathing, photographing, eating and clubbing, and studies why, and indeed how, some places become global …
Tourism Mobilities
Places to Play, Places in Play
Häftad, 2004
1042 kr
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Many places around the world are being produced, converted, interpreted and made fit for tourist consumption. This fascinating book analyzes tourist performances such as walking, shopping, sunbathing, photographing, eating and clubbing, and studies why, and indeed how, some places become global …
Mobile Technologies of the City
Inbunden, 2006
1524 kr
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Mobile communications technologies are taking off across the world, while urban transportation and surveillance systems are also being rebuilt and updated. Emergent practices of physical, informational and communicational mobility are reconfiguring patterns of movement, co-presence, social …
Aeromobilities
Av Saulo Cwerner, Sven Kesselring m. fl.
Inbunden, 2008
2590 kr
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Aeromobilities is a collection of essays that tackle in many different ways the growing importance of aviation and air travel in our hypermobile, globalized world. Providing a multidisciplinary focus on issues ranging from global airports to the production of airspace, from airline work to …
Mobile Lives
Inbunden, 2010
2515 kr
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How should we understand the personal and social impacts of complex mobility systems? Can lifestyles based around intensive travel, transport and tourism be maintained in the 21st century? What possibility post-carbon lifestyles?In this provocative study of "life on the move", Anthony Elliott and …
Mobile Lives
Häftad, 2010
824 kr
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How should we understand the personal and social impacts of complex mobility systems? Can lifestyles based around intensive travel, transport and tourism be maintained in the 21st century? What possibility post-carbon lifestyles?In this provocative study of "life on the move", Anthony Elliott and …
Mobile Methods
Av Monika Büscher, John Urry m. fl.
Inbunden, 2010
2515 kr
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In the twenty-first century, more than ever, everything and everybody seems to be on the move. Global flows of people, goods, food, money, information, services and media images are forming an intensely mobile background to everyday life. Social scientists, too, are on the move, seeking new …
Mobile Methods
Av Monika Büscher, John Urry m. fl.
Häftad, 2010
836 kr
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In the twenty-first century, more than ever, everything and everybody seems to be on the move. Global flows of people, goods, food, money, information, services and media images are forming an intensely mobile background to everyday life. Social scientists, too, are on the move, seeking new …
Aeromobilities
Av Saulo Cwerner, Sven Kesselring m. fl.
Häftad, 2010
751 kr
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Aeromobilities is a collection of essays that tackle in many different ways the growing importance of aviation and air travel in our hypermobile, globalized world. Providing a multidisciplinary focus on issues ranging from global airports to the production of airspace, from airline work to …
Social Theory as Science (Routledge Revivals)
Inbunden, 2011
3070 kr
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This book, written by a philosopher interested in the problems of social science and scientific method, and a sociologist interested in the philosophy of science, presents a novel conception of how we should think about and carry out the scientific study of social life. This book combines an …
Social Theory as Science (Routledge Revivals)
Häftad, 2012
911 kr
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This book, written by a philosopher interested in the problems of social science and scientific method, and a sociologist interested in the philosophy of science, presents a novel conception of how we should think about and carry out the scientific study of social life. This book combines an …
Mobile Technologies of the City
Häftad, 2012
532 kr
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Mobile communications technologies are taking off across the world, while urban transportation and surveillance systems are also being rebuilt and updated. Emergent practices of physical, informational and communicational mobility are reconfiguring patterns of movement, co-presence, social …
Reference Groups and the Theory of Revolution (Routledge Revivals)
Av John Urry
Inbunden, 2011
2515 kr
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First published in 1973, this is a reissue of John Urry's important and influential study of the theory of revolution. Part 1 offers a detailed discussion of the concept of the reference group, tracing its development from the symbolic interactionist tradition and then showing how it came to be …
Reference Groups and the Theory of Revolution (Routledge Revivals)
Av John Urry
Häftad, 2012
649 kr
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First published in 1973, this is a reissue of John Urry's important and influential study of the theory of revolution. Part 1 offers a detailed discussion of the concept of the reference group, tracing its development from the symbolic interactionist tradition and then showing how it came to be …
Cargomobilities
Moving Materials in a Global Age
Av Thomas Birtchnell, Satya Savitzky m. fl.
Inbunden, 2015
2749 kr
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Objects and materials are on the move like never before, often at astonishing speeds and along hidden routeways. This collection opens to social scientific scrutiny the various systems which move objects about the world, examining their fateful implications for many people and places. Offering …
End of Organized Capitalism
Av Scott Lash, John Urry
Häftad, 1987
324 kr
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In this thought-provoking new book, Anthony Smith analyses key debates between historians and social scientists on the role of nations and nationalism in history.In a wide-ranging analysis of the work of historians, sociologists, political scientists and others, he argues that there are three key …
Global Complexity
Av John Urry
Inbunden, 2002
911 kr
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Global Complexity is a path-breaking book, which examines how the ideas of chaos and complexity can help us to analyse global processes. Urry argues that there are major advantages in thinking about global processes in this way. The idea of complexity emphasizes that systems are balanced between …
Global Complexity
Av John Urry
Häftad, 2002
264 kr
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Global Complexity is a path-breaking book, which examines how the ideas of chaos and complexity can help us to analyse global processes. Urry argues that there are major advantages in thinking about global processes in this way. The idea of complexity emphasizes that systems are balanced between …
Mobilities
Av John Urry
Inbunden, 2007
993 kr
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Issues of movement – of people, things, information and ideas – are central to people's lives and to most organisations. From oil wars to SMS texting, from airport expansion controversies to the decline of walking, from slave-trading to global terrorism, from global warming to teleworking, issues …
Mobilities
Av John Urry
Häftad, 2007
324 kr
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Issues of movement – of people, things, information and ideas – are central to people's lives and to most organisations. From oil wars to SMS texting, from airport expansion controversies to the decline of walking, from slave-trading to global terrorism, from global warming to teleworking, issues …
After the Car
Inbunden, 2009
690 kr
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It is difficult to imagine a world without the car, and yet that is exactly what Dennis and Urry set out to do in this provocative new book. They argue that the days of the car are numbered: powerful forces around the world are undermining the car system and will usher in a new transport system …
