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COVID-19 and the case against neoliberalism : the United Kingdom's political pandemic / / Mark Boyle, James Hickson, Katalin Ujhelyi Gomez
| COVID-19 and the case against neoliberalism : the United Kingdom's political pandemic / / Mark Boyle, James Hickson, Katalin Ujhelyi Gomez |
| Autore | Boyle Mark |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2022.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, Switzerland : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2023] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (248 pages) |
| Disciplina | 320.510941 |
| Soggetto topico |
Neoliberalism - Great Britain
COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- - Political aspects |
| ISBN | 3-031-18935-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Chapter 1: In what sense a political pandemic? -- Chapter 2: A brief introduction to the odyssey of (British) neoliberalism -- Chapter 3: Chastened: The UKs encounter with COVID-19 in global context -- Chapter 4: Neoliberalism, freedom and the UKs response to COVID-19 -- Chapter 5: The reluctant neoliberal state: Reticent and hesitant? -- Chapter 6: Me, Myself and I? The neoliberal citizen -- Chapter 7: An unequal pandemic: neoliberalism and variegated vulnerability -- Chapter 8: Reclaiming freedom: placing republican thought in the service of ‘build back better’. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910640377603321 |
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| Cham, Switzerland : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2023] | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Human Geography : A Concise Introduction
| Human Geography : A Concise Introduction |
| Autore | Boyle Mark |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken : , : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (347 pages) |
| Disciplina | 304.2 |
| Soggetto topico | Human geography |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
9781118451489
9781118451502 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Human Geography: A Concise Introduction -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Plates -- List of Maps -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Chapter 1 A Concise Introduction to Human Geography -- Chapter Learning Objectives -- Introduction -- Becoming Conscious of Your Geographical Imagination -- What is Human Geography? -- The Rise, Reign, and Faltering of Western Civilization from the Fifteenth Century in the Making of the Modern World -- How to Read This Book -- Conclusion -- Checklist of Key Ideas -- Chapter Essay Questions -- References -- Guidance for Further Reading -- Website Support Material -- Chapter 2 Human Geography: A Brief History -- Chapter Learning Objectives -- Introduction -- A Framework for Studying the History of Geography -- Human Geography in the Premodern Era -- Human Geography in the Modern Era -- Early modern period -- Modern period -- Late modern period -- Human Geography in the Postmodern Era -- Postmodern Human Geography -- Human Geography and Big Data -- Conclusion -- Checklist of Key Ideas -- Chapter Essay Questions -- References -- Guidance for Further Reading -- Website Support Material -- Chapter 3 Watersheds in Human History: Humanity's Triumph over Nature? -- Chapter Learning Objectives -- Introduction -- First Watershed: The Origins of the Human Species -- Second Watershed: First Migrations and the Peopling of the Planet -- Third Watershed: The Development of Human Culture and Invention of Settled Agriculture -- Fourth Watershed: The Rise and Fall of Civilizations -- Great civilizations in world history -- Why do civilizations rise and fall? -- Environmental History and the Rise of the West from the Tenth Century bce -- Conclusion -- Checklist of Key Ideas -- Chapter Essay Questions -- References -- Guidance for Further Reading -- Website Support Material.
Chapter 4 An Unequal but Changing World: Geographies of the World Capitalist Economy -- Chapter Learning Objectives -- Introduction -- An Unequal but Changing World -- The Old International Division of Labor (OIDL): Wallerstein's World-Systems Analysis -- Crises in the Core: The 1970s as a Turning Point in World History? -- Two Responses to Crises in the Core -- The New International Division of Labor (NIDL) -- The post-Fordist economy -- Three Emerging Economic Spaces: Consolidating the Core or Rebalancing in Favor of the Semi-periphery and Periphery? -- World cities -- High-technology clusters -- The Tiger economies of Southeast Asia -- The Future of the Ultra-periphery: The UNDP Millennium Development Goals -- Conclusion -- Checklist of Key Ideas -- Chapter Essay Questions -- References -- Guidance for Further Reading -- Website Support Material -- Chapter 5 The Rise and Fall of Great Powers: Nation States, Empires, and Geopolitics -- Chapter Learning Objectives -- Introduction -- The Political Geography of Rule -- The ideas of the sovereign state, nations, and nation states -- The demise of the nation state and rise of a new era of multilevel governance -- Geopolitics and International Relations -- The rise and fall of European empires -- The European colonial (mis)adventure in Africa -- The Cold War -- The clash of civilizations? -- Conclusion -- Checklist of Key Ideas -- Chapter Essay Questions -- References -- Guidance for Further Reading -- Website Support Material -- Chapter 6 The West in the Cultural Landscape: On Civilized Spaces and Unruly Places -- Chapter Learning Objectives -- Introduction -- Culture in the Rise of the West -- A brief introduction to Western culture -- Ferguson's "cultural" explanation for the rise of the West -- Cultural Geography and the Study of Western Culture. New Cultural Geography and the myth that West is best -- The West in the cultural landscape -- Civilizing Missions and Culture Wars: Civilized Spaces and Unruly Places -- Spaces of utopia and dystopia in the Western imagination -- One-dimensional space: the West's identikit worlds -- The Western frontier and places beyond the pale -- Conclusion -- Checklist of Key Ideas -- Chapter Essay Questions -- References -- Guidance for Further Reading -- Website Support Material -- Chapter 7 The Modern Rise in World Population from 1750 -- Chapter Learning Objectives -- Introduction -- Origins of the Demographic Transition Model -- Stages in the Demographic Transition Model -- Geography of Demographic Transitions -- Demographic transitions in history -- Demographic transitions yet to unfold -- The Demographic Transition Model and Mortality Decline -- Explaining mortality decline -- Policies for improved global health -- The Demographic Transition Model and Fertility Decline -- Explaining fertility decline -- Policies for lowering and increasing fertility levels -- Demographic Transition: The Case of China from 1949 -- Conclusion -- Checklist of Key Ideas -- Chapter Essay Questions -- References -- Guidance for Further Reading -- Website Support Material -- Chapter 8 A Planet in Distress? Humanity's War on the Earth -- Chapter Learning Objectives -- Introduction -- Population Pessimists: The Earth's Carrying Capacity, Overshoot, and Collapse -- Population Optimists: Population, the Ultimate Resource -- Population Neutralists: Political Ecology, Society, and Nature -- Climate Change: The Battleground for the Twenty-First Century? -- Conclusion -- Checklist of Key Ideas -- Chapter Essay Questions -- References -- Guidance for Further Reading -- Website Support Material -- Chapter 9 Homo Urbanus: Urbanization and Urban Form from 1800 -- Chapter Learning Objectives. Introduction -- Capitalism and the Urbanization of the Surface of the Earth -- Urbanization and Urban Form: The Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Industrial City -- This rise of homo urbanus in Europe from 1800 -- Capitalism and the emergence of the industrial city -- Modeling the form of the industrial city -- Voices of Decline: the death of the industrial city? -- Toward a New Era of Planetary Urbanization -- Urbanization trends 1950-2050 -- Los Angeles: our postmetropolis future? -- Megalopolis: the rise of urban galaxies? -- Planet of slums: megacities in the Global South -- The Chinese Experience of Urbanization -- Conclusion -- Checklist of Key Ideas -- Chapter Essay Questions -- References -- Guidance for Further Reading -- Website Support Material -- Chapter 10 Global Migration: Moving, Settling, Staying Connected -- Chapter Learning Objectives -- Introduction -- Great Diasporas in Human History -- International Migration Today -- Global South to Global South -- Global South to Global North -- Global North to Global North -- Global North to Global South -- Assimilating and Integrating into Host Societies -- The Impacts of Migration on Sending States and Host Countries -- Conclusion -- Checklist of Key Ideas -- Chapter Essay Questions -- References -- Guidance for Further Reading -- Website Support Material -- Chapter 11 At Risk: Society and Natural Hazards -- Chapter Learning Objectives -- Introduction -- Gilbert White: Pioneering Human Geographical Interest in Natural Hazards -- There is Nothing Natural about Natural Disasters: Risk=Exposure×Vulnerability (R=E×V) -- Mapping the World at Risk -- Toward a Safer Future: Resilience, Transition, and Transformation -- Hazards and their impacts 1900-2011 -- The Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) 2005-2015 -- Conclusion -- Checklist of Key Ideas -- Chapter Essay Questions -- References. Guidance for Further Reading -- Website Support Material -- Chapter 12 Toward a Postcolonial Human Geography -- Chapter Learning Objectives -- Introduction -- Explanation in Human Geography: Four Stories of the West and the World -- Toward a Postcolonial Human Geography -- Conclusion -- Checklist of Key Ideas -- Chapter Essay Questions -- References -- Guidance for Further Reading -- Website Support Material -- Glossary -- List of Abbreviations -- Index -- End User License Agreement. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910795830903321 |
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Boyle Mark
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| Hoboken : , : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Human Geography : A Concise Introduction
| Human Geography : A Concise Introduction |
| Autore | Boyle Mark |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken : , : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (347 pages) |
| Disciplina | 304.2 |
| Soggetto topico | Human geography |
| ISBN |
9781118451489
9781118451502 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Human Geography: A Concise Introduction -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Plates -- List of Maps -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Chapter 1 A Concise Introduction to Human Geography -- Chapter Learning Objectives -- Introduction -- Becoming Conscious of Your Geographical Imagination -- What is Human Geography? -- The Rise, Reign, and Faltering of Western Civilization from the Fifteenth Century in the Making of the Modern World -- How to Read This Book -- Conclusion -- Checklist of Key Ideas -- Chapter Essay Questions -- References -- Guidance for Further Reading -- Website Support Material -- Chapter 2 Human Geography: A Brief History -- Chapter Learning Objectives -- Introduction -- A Framework for Studying the History of Geography -- Human Geography in the Premodern Era -- Human Geography in the Modern Era -- Early modern period -- Modern period -- Late modern period -- Human Geography in the Postmodern Era -- Postmodern Human Geography -- Human Geography and Big Data -- Conclusion -- Checklist of Key Ideas -- Chapter Essay Questions -- References -- Guidance for Further Reading -- Website Support Material -- Chapter 3 Watersheds in Human History: Humanity's Triumph over Nature? -- Chapter Learning Objectives -- Introduction -- First Watershed: The Origins of the Human Species -- Second Watershed: First Migrations and the Peopling of the Planet -- Third Watershed: The Development of Human Culture and Invention of Settled Agriculture -- Fourth Watershed: The Rise and Fall of Civilizations -- Great civilizations in world history -- Why do civilizations rise and fall? -- Environmental History and the Rise of the West from the Tenth Century bce -- Conclusion -- Checklist of Key Ideas -- Chapter Essay Questions -- References -- Guidance for Further Reading -- Website Support Material.
Chapter 4 An Unequal but Changing World: Geographies of the World Capitalist Economy -- Chapter Learning Objectives -- Introduction -- An Unequal but Changing World -- The Old International Division of Labor (OIDL): Wallerstein's World-Systems Analysis -- Crises in the Core: The 1970s as a Turning Point in World History? -- Two Responses to Crises in the Core -- The New International Division of Labor (NIDL) -- The post-Fordist economy -- Three Emerging Economic Spaces: Consolidating the Core or Rebalancing in Favor of the Semi-periphery and Periphery? -- World cities -- High-technology clusters -- The Tiger economies of Southeast Asia -- The Future of the Ultra-periphery: The UNDP Millennium Development Goals -- Conclusion -- Checklist of Key Ideas -- Chapter Essay Questions -- References -- Guidance for Further Reading -- Website Support Material -- Chapter 5 The Rise and Fall of Great Powers: Nation States, Empires, and Geopolitics -- Chapter Learning Objectives -- Introduction -- The Political Geography of Rule -- The ideas of the sovereign state, nations, and nation states -- The demise of the nation state and rise of a new era of multilevel governance -- Geopolitics and International Relations -- The rise and fall of European empires -- The European colonial (mis)adventure in Africa -- The Cold War -- The clash of civilizations? -- Conclusion -- Checklist of Key Ideas -- Chapter Essay Questions -- References -- Guidance for Further Reading -- Website Support Material -- Chapter 6 The West in the Cultural Landscape: On Civilized Spaces and Unruly Places -- Chapter Learning Objectives -- Introduction -- Culture in the Rise of the West -- A brief introduction to Western culture -- Ferguson's "cultural" explanation for the rise of the West -- Cultural Geography and the Study of Western Culture. New Cultural Geography and the myth that West is best -- The West in the cultural landscape -- Civilizing Missions and Culture Wars: Civilized Spaces and Unruly Places -- Spaces of utopia and dystopia in the Western imagination -- One-dimensional space: the West's identikit worlds -- The Western frontier and places beyond the pale -- Conclusion -- Checklist of Key Ideas -- Chapter Essay Questions -- References -- Guidance for Further Reading -- Website Support Material -- Chapter 7 The Modern Rise in World Population from 1750 -- Chapter Learning Objectives -- Introduction -- Origins of the Demographic Transition Model -- Stages in the Demographic Transition Model -- Geography of Demographic Transitions -- Demographic transitions in history -- Demographic transitions yet to unfold -- The Demographic Transition Model and Mortality Decline -- Explaining mortality decline -- Policies for improved global health -- The Demographic Transition Model and Fertility Decline -- Explaining fertility decline -- Policies for lowering and increasing fertility levels -- Demographic Transition: The Case of China from 1949 -- Conclusion -- Checklist of Key Ideas -- Chapter Essay Questions -- References -- Guidance for Further Reading -- Website Support Material -- Chapter 8 A Planet in Distress? Humanity's War on the Earth -- Chapter Learning Objectives -- Introduction -- Population Pessimists: The Earth's Carrying Capacity, Overshoot, and Collapse -- Population Optimists: Population, the Ultimate Resource -- Population Neutralists: Political Ecology, Society, and Nature -- Climate Change: The Battleground for the Twenty-First Century? -- Conclusion -- Checklist of Key Ideas -- Chapter Essay Questions -- References -- Guidance for Further Reading -- Website Support Material -- Chapter 9 Homo Urbanus: Urbanization and Urban Form from 1800 -- Chapter Learning Objectives. Introduction -- Capitalism and the Urbanization of the Surface of the Earth -- Urbanization and Urban Form: The Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Industrial City -- This rise of homo urbanus in Europe from 1800 -- Capitalism and the emergence of the industrial city -- Modeling the form of the industrial city -- Voices of Decline: the death of the industrial city? -- Toward a New Era of Planetary Urbanization -- Urbanization trends 1950-2050 -- Los Angeles: our postmetropolis future? -- Megalopolis: the rise of urban galaxies? -- Planet of slums: megacities in the Global South -- The Chinese Experience of Urbanization -- Conclusion -- Checklist of Key Ideas -- Chapter Essay Questions -- References -- Guidance for Further Reading -- Website Support Material -- Chapter 10 Global Migration: Moving, Settling, Staying Connected -- Chapter Learning Objectives -- Introduction -- Great Diasporas in Human History -- International Migration Today -- Global South to Global South -- Global South to Global North -- Global North to Global North -- Global North to Global South -- Assimilating and Integrating into Host Societies -- The Impacts of Migration on Sending States and Host Countries -- Conclusion -- Checklist of Key Ideas -- Chapter Essay Questions -- References -- Guidance for Further Reading -- Website Support Material -- Chapter 11 At Risk: Society and Natural Hazards -- Chapter Learning Objectives -- Introduction -- Gilbert White: Pioneering Human Geographical Interest in Natural Hazards -- There is Nothing Natural about Natural Disasters: Risk=Exposure×Vulnerability (R=E×V) -- Mapping the World at Risk -- Toward a Safer Future: Resilience, Transition, and Transformation -- Hazards and their impacts 1900-2011 -- The Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) 2005-2015 -- Conclusion -- Checklist of Key Ideas -- Chapter Essay Questions -- References. Guidance for Further Reading -- Website Support Material -- Chapter 12 Toward a Postcolonial Human Geography -- Chapter Learning Objectives -- Introduction -- Explanation in Human Geography: Four Stories of the West and the World -- Toward a Postcolonial Human Geography -- Conclusion -- Checklist of Key Ideas -- Chapter Essay Questions -- References -- Guidance for Further Reading -- Website Support Material -- Glossary -- List of Abbreviations -- Index -- End User License Agreement. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910814993503321 |
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Boyle Mark
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| Hoboken : , : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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