Geographies and moralities international perspectives on development, justice, and place /

This topical book addresses contemporary concern with the interconnections between geography and morality. It recognizes that there are 'moral geographies', involving differences in moral values and practices from place to place. It also recognizes that there are moralities in geography, i...

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Corporate Authors: Wiley InterScience Online service
Group Author: Lee, Roger, 1945; Smith, David M. David Marshall, 1936
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Literature type: Electronic eBook
Language: English
Series: RGS-IBG book series
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Online Access: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9780470753057
Summary: This topical book addresses contemporary concern with the interconnections between geography and morality. It recognizes that there are 'moral geographies', involving differences in moral values and practices from place to place. It also recognizes that there are moralities in geography, in the sense of research methods and practices which may be subject to normative evaluation and codes of professional ethics. After a foreword by Revaz Gachechiladze and an introductory chapter by the editors explaining the academic context and approach adopted, contributors from a number of different countr
Item Description: "Essays in honour of David M. Smith"--Page [v].
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xxiii, 312 pages)
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9780470753057
0470753056
9780470753040
0470753048
1281322806
9781281322807
Index Number: HT388
CLC: F061.5
Contents: Introduction : Geographies of morality and moralities of geography / Roger Lee and David M. Smith -- Globalization, production and the (im)morality of uneven development / Peter Dicken -- Regional inequality, convergence and enlargement in the European Union / Nigel Spence -- Moral problems of eastern wilderness : European core and periphery / Bolesław Domańksi -- Where the grass is greener in Poland : regional and intra-urban inequalities / Grzegorz Węcławowicz -- Social exclusion, health and health care : the case of the national health service in England / Sarah E. Curtis --The prob