Social Geography A Critical Introduction [Paperback]

Introducing the debates that inform current social geographic research and theory and interrogating the historical development of social geography, Social Geography: A Critical Introduction explores how urban and rural spaces are organized in ways that construct and maintain social inequality.

• Puts into context the assumptions of various strains of social geographic thought as they have developed historically
• Assists students in addressing key social geographic questions and methodologies
• Provides a showcase for cutting edge work in the field
• Is written in an accessible and lively style, setting out a wide breadth of social geographic research

List of Figures.

List of Tables.

List of Boxes.

List of Abbreviations.

Acknowledgements.

Cover Image.

Introduction.

Part I Historicizing Social Geography: From Theory to Methodology.

1 Social Geography? What's That?

2 Social Geography in Three Acts and an Epilogue.

3 Thinking Methodologically.

Part II Social Geographies across the Life Course.

4 Social Geography and the Geographies of Health.

5 Communities and Organizations.

6 Social Activism/Social Movements/Social Justice.

Part III Social Geographies through the Life Course.

7 On the Geographies of Children and Young People.

8 Social Geographies of the Mid-Life ?

9 Ageing and the New Social Geographies of Older People.

Part IV Conclusions.

10 Epilogue v. 2.0.

11 Rethinking the Social Geograpl£Á