Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world's leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas.
Leading mobilities theorist Mimi Sheller offers an up-to-date, comprehensive analysis of the complex mobility disruptions of the Covid-19 pandemic and its aftermath in this timely Advanced Introduction. It outlines the formation of the interdisciplinary field of mobility studies, arguing that mobilities theory is crucial to planning post-pandemic recovery, sustainable communities, and low-carbon transitions. From tourism to migration to urban infrastructure, to informal and reproductive mobilities, Sheller reveals how multiple im/mobilities are interconnected, as the novel coronavirus reminds us as it hitchhikes across the globe through its human hosts.
Key features:
This innovative Advanced Introduction will be a beneficial read for students and scholars of mobilities research, tourism studies, migration studies, human geography, urban studies and sustainability.
Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world's leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas.
Leading mobilities theorist Mimi Sheller offers an up-to-date, comprehensive analysis of the complex mobility disruptions of the Covid-19 pandemic and its aftermath in this timely Advanced Introduction. It outlines the formation of the interdisciplinary field of mobility studies, arguing that mobilities theory is crucial to planning post-pandemic recovery, sustainable communities, and low-carbon transitions. From tourism to migration to urban infrastructure, to informal and reproductive mobilities, Sheller reveals how multiple im/mobilities are interconnected, as the novel coronavirus reminds us as it hitchhikes across the globe through its human hosts.
Key features:
This innovative Advanced Introduction will be a beneficial read for students and scholars of mobilities research, tourism studies, migration studies, human geography, urban studies and sustainability.
Contents: 1. Introduction: 2020 mobility shock 2. The formation of an interdisciplinary field 3. Materiality, spatiality, and temporality 4. Mobility justice and Anthropocene mobilities 5. Tourism mobilities 6. Migrant mobilities 7. Informal and reproductive mobilities 8. Alternative mobility futures 9. Conclusion: Building a mobile commons References index
Mimi Sheller, Dean of the Global School, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, US
'The ''new mobilities paradigm'' was announced 15 years ago. Here,
one of the main figures in the development and phenomenal rise of
mobilities work across the social sciences and humanities accounts
for its progress since then, and shows why work on mobilities has
never been more crucial for our understanding of the modern world.
Linking low carbon transitions to social justice, tourism to
migration, and the present to possible futures, there is no better
summary of the state of the art than this.'
*Tim Cresswell, University of Edinburgh, UK*
'Once again, Mimi Sheller has succeeded in considering the mobile
world in innovative and eye-opening ways. Sharp and precise social
science at its best. This book is a milestone in mobilities
research and critical theoretical thinking and makes progress in
understanding the hopefully soon to come post-pandemic world.'
*Sven Kesselring, Nuertingen-Geislingen University (HfWU),
Germany*
'Be forewarned. This amazing book is not just for budding scholars
new to mobility studies, despite the title's introductory
nomenclature. In addition to laying out the history of the
inter-disciplinary field of critical mobility studies, Advanced
Introduction to Mobilities offers an original and provocative way
of reframing collective knowledge on the origins and effects of
contemporary mobility transitions. Sheller not only ties her
''radical re-thinking of the relation between bodies, movement, and
space'' to contemporary shifts in travel and movement associated
with the pandemic, as well as other disruptions. She links these
developments to ongoing political and philosophical debates about
sustainability and the future of our planet. With both analytical
rigor and projective aspirations, this book makes clear what is at
stake in terms of mobility justice and how we might achieve it,
despite the multi-scalar spatial formations and power relations
that threaten to impede such priorities. Whether new to such
debates or committed to their epistemological evolution in response
to the societal shocks that continue to transform mobilities on a
global scale, this book is an essential companion for the
journey.'
*Diane E. Davis, Harvard University, US*
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