Geographies and Moralities [[electronic resource] ] : International Perspectives on Development, Justice and Place

• Autore: Lee Roger
• Pubblicazione: Oxford, : Wiley, 2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (337 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.5
• Soggetto topico: Distributive justice; Geography; Geography - Moral and ethical aspects; Moral and ethical aspects; Regional disparities
• Altri autori: SmithDavid M
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Geographies and Moralities: International Perspectives on Development, Justice and Place; Contents; Series Editors' Preface; Notes on Contributors; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: Geographies of Morality and Moralities of Geography; Part I Moral Geographies of Uneven Development; 2 Globalization, Production and the (Im)morality of Uneven Development; 3 Regional Inequality, Convergence and Enlargement in the European Union; 4 Moral Problems of Eastern Wilderness: European Core and Periphery; 5 Where the Grass is Greener in Poland: Regional and Intra-urban Inequalities ; Part II Moral Geographies of Distribution: Justice, Welfare and Rights6 Social Exclusion, Health and Health Care: The Case of the National Health Service in England; 7 The Problem with Welfare; 8 Struggles over Human Rights in Nigeria: Questions of Scale in Moral Geography; 9 Valuing Land and Distributing Territory; 10 When Two Rights Collide: Some Lessons from Jerusalem; 11 Land Reform Policy in Post-Apartheid South Africa: The Elusive Quest for Social Justice?; Part III Moral Geographies in Place; 12 Waiting in Line, or the Moral and Material Geographies of Queue-Jumping ; 13 Moral Geographies of Sexual Citizenship14 But Tight Jeans Are Better!': Moral Improvisation and Ethical Judgement in Local Planning Decision-Making; Part IV Geography and Ethics: Method and Practice; 15 The Quality of Ethics: Moral Causation, Method and Metatheory in the Interdisciplinary Science of Geography; 16 On the Pavement: Reflections on Fieldwork with Urban Poor Black Women Street Traders in Durban, South Africa; Part V Moral Context and Professional Practice in Geography; 17 Disciplinary Change and Career Paths; 18 From Location Theory to Moral Philosophy: Views from the Fringe ; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This topical book addresses contemporary concern with the interconnections between geography and morality. Covers both the geographical context of morality, and moralities in geographical methods and practices. Contains up-to-date case studies based on original research. Deals with controversial issues, such as problems of globalization, European integration, human rights in Nigeria, territorial conflict in Israel, and land reform in post-apartheid South Africa. The editors are well-published leading international authorities. The contributors ar
• Titolo autorizzato: Geographies and Moralities
• ISBN: 1-281-32280-6; 9786611322809; 0-470-75305-6; 0-470-75304-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910841625503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: RGS-IBG Book Series