Issues of movement - of people, things, information and ideas - are central to people's lives and to most organisations. From oil wars to SMS texting, from airport expansion controversies to the decline of walking, from slave-trading to...

"The original Tourist Gaze was a classic, marking out a new land to study and appreciate. This new edition extends into fresh areas with the same passion and insight of the object. Even more essential reading!" - Nigel Thrift,...

In "Die Macht des Lokalen in einer Welt ohne Grenzen" untersucht der Soziologe John Urry die Auswirkungen der Globalisierung auf lokale Gemeinschaften und wie diese sich anpassen und widerstehen. Urry argumentiert, dass trotz der...