Tracing Mobilities: Towards a Cosmopolitan Perspective

di Weert Canzler (Autore)

Vincent Kaufmann (Curatore)

Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2008

Mobility is a basic principle of modernity besides others like individuality, rationality, equality and globality. Taking its cue from this concept, this book presents a movement that begins with the macro-social transformations linked to mobility and ends with empirical discussions on the new forms of mobility and their implications for everyday life. The book opens with a study of the social changes unique to the second age of modernity, with contributions from Ulrich Beck, John Urry, Wolfgang Bonss and Sven Kesselring. It continues with a discussion of the implications of these changes for sociological research. Authors such as Vincent Kaufmann, Weert Canzler, Norbert Schneider, Beate Collet, Ruth Limmer and Gerlinde Vogl focus on a series of field examinations, both qualitative and quantitative, of emerging mobilities. The book is a foray into the exciting new field of interdisciplinary mobility research informed by theoretical reflection and empirical investigation.

• Autore: Weert Canzler
• Curatore: Vincent Kaufmann
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Anno: 2008
• Rilegatura: Hardback
• Pagine: 208 p.
• Dimensioni: 234 x 156 mm
• Peso: 453 gr.
• EAN: 9780754648680

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