Aeromobilities : Theory and Method,9780203930564

Aeromobilities : Theory and Method

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ISBN13: 9780203930564
ISBN10: 0203930568
Pub. Date: 2008-12-31
Publisher(s): Taylor & Francis
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Summary

Aeromobilities provides a broad introduction to the study of air travel, airspaces and aviation from the perspective of the social sciences and the humanities. The book makes a strong case for a systematic, interdisciplinary study of some of the most powerful forces that have shaped our mobile globalization.

Table of Contents

Introducing Aeromobilities Saulo Cwerner Part1: Aeromobilities, Globalization and Social Theory 1. Aeromobilities and the Global John Urry 2. Global Transfer Points: the Making of Airports in the Mobile Risk Society Sven Kesselring Part2: The Production of Airspaces 3.>store>forward> Architectures of a Future Tense Gillian Fuller 4 Connecting the World: Analyzing Global City Networks Through Airline Flows Ben Derudder, Nathalie Van Nuffel and Frank Witlox 5. Airport Codes/Spaces Rob Kitchin and Martin Dodge 6. Air Craft: Producing UK Airspace Lucy Budd 7. Around the World in 80 Airports Ross Rudesch Harley Part3: The Social Life of Air Travel 8. Airborne on Time Peter Peters 9. A Life in Corridors: Social Perspectives on Aeromobilities and Work in Knowledge Organizations Claus Lassen 10. Getting into the Flow Peter Adey Part4: Governing Air Travel 11. Science, Expertise, and Local Knowledge in Airport Conflicts: Towards a Cosmopolitical Approach Guillaume Faburel and Lisa Levy 12. Helipads, Heliports and Urban Air Space: Governing the Contested Infrastructure of Helicopter Travel Saulo Cwerner

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