Lee / Smith Geographies and Moralities

International Perspectives on Development, Justice and Place
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-4443-5550-5
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 336 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: RGS-IBG Book Series

This topical book addresses contemporary concern with theinterconnections between geography and morality.

* * Covers both the geographical context of morality, andmoralities in geographical methods and practices.

* Contains up-to-date case studies based on originalresearch.

* Deals with controversial issues, such as problems ofglobalization, European integration, human rights in Nigeria,territorial conflict in Israel, and land reform in post-apartheidSouth Africa.

* The editors are well-published leading internationalauthorities.

* The contributors are drawn from Australia, Eastern Europe,Israel, South Africa, the UK and the US.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lee, Roger

Smith, David M.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Series Editors' Preface.
Notes on Contributors.
Foreword.
Preface.
Acknowledgements.
1. Introduction: Geographies of Morality/Moralities ofGeography: Roger Lee and David M. Smith (Both at Queen Mary,University of London).
Part I: Geography and Ethics: Method and Practice.
2. The Quality of Ethics: Moral Causation and theInterdisciplinary Science of Geography: William S. Lynn (Centre forHumans and Nature in New York).
3. On the Pavement: Reflections on Fieldwork with Poor BlackWomen Street Traders in Durban, South Africa: Priscilla Cunnan(Queen Mary, University of London).
Part II: Moral Geographies of Uneven Development.
4. Globalisation, Production and Inequalities in Development:Peter Dicken (University of Manchester).
5. Regional Inequality, Convergence and Enlargement in theEuropean Union: Nigel Spence (Queen Mary, University ofLondon).
6. Moral Problems of Eastern Wilderness: European Core andPeriphery: Boleslaw Domañski (Jagiellonian University).
7. Where the Grass is Greener in Poland: Regional andIntra-urban Inequalities: Grzegorz Wêclawowicz (Polish Academyof Sciences).
Part III: Moral Geographies of Distribution: Justice, Welfareand Rights.
8. Social Exclusion, Health and Health Care: The Case of theNational Health Service in England: Sarah E. Curtis (Queen Mary,University of London).
9. The Problem with Welfare: Susan Smith and Donna Easterlow(Both at University of Edinburgh).
10. Struggles over Human Rights in Nigeria: Rex Honey(University of Iowa).
11. Valuing Land and Distributing Territory: Avery Kolers(University of Louisville, Kentucky).
12. When Two Rights Collide: Some Lessons from Jerusalem: ShlomoHasson (Hebrew University of Jerusalem).
13. Land Reform Policy in Post-Apartheid South Africa: TheElusive Quest for Social Justice?: Brij Maharaj (University ofNatal).
Part IV: Moral Geographies in Place.
14. Waiting in Line, or the Moral and Material Geographies ofQueue-Jumping: Stuart Corbridge (University of Miami).
15. Moral Geographies of Sexual Citizenship: Gill Valentine(University of Sheffield).
16. But Tight Jeans are Better! Moral Improvisation and EthicalJudgement in Local Planning Decision-making: Jean Hillier(University of Newcastle).
Part V: Moral Context and Professional Practice inGeography.
17. Disciplinary Change and Career Paths: Ron Johnston(University of Bristol).
18. From Location Theory to Moral Philosophy: Views from theFringe: David M. Smith (Queen Mary, University of London).
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Roger Lee is Professor of Geography at Queen Mary,University of London. He was editor of the Transactions of theInstitute of British Geographers from 1993 to 1998 and iscurrently an editor of Progress in Human Geography. Hisprevious publications include Economic Geography (thirdedition, 1982), Teaching Geography in Higher Education(Blackwell, 1991), Geographies of Economies (1997) andAlternative Economic Spaces (2003). He is also anacademician of the Academy of Learned Societies in the SocialSciences.
David M. Smith is Emeritus Professor of Geography atQueen Mary, University of London. He held earlier appointments atthe Universities of Manchester, Southern Illinois, Florida, Natal,the Witwatersrand and New England (Australia). He is the author oreditor of twenty books, including Geography and SocialJustice (Blackwell, 1994) and Moral Geographies: Ethics in aWorld of Difference (2000).