Roger Lee & David M. Smith 
Geographies and Moralities [EPUB ebook] 
International Perspectives on Development, Justice and Place

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This topical book addresses contemporary concern with the
interconnections between geography and morality.
* * Covers both the geographical context of morality, and
moralities in geographical methods and practices.
* Contains up-to-date case studies based on original
research.
* Deals with controversial issues, such as problems of
globalization, European integration, human rights in Nigeria,
territorial conflict in Israel, and land reform in post-apartheid
South Africa.
* The editors are well-published leading international
authorities.
* The contributors are drawn from Australia, Eastern Europe,
Israel, South Africa, the UK and the US.

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Series Editors’ Preface.
Notes on Contributors.
Foreword.
Preface.
Acknowledgements.
1. Introduction: Geographies of Morality/Moralities of
Geography: Roger Lee and David M. Smith (Both at Queen Mary,
University of London).
Part I: Geography and Ethics: Method and Practice.
2. The Quality of Ethics: Moral Causation and the
Interdisciplinary Science of Geography: William S. Lynn (Centre for
Humans and Nature in New York).
3. On the Pavement: Reflections on Fieldwork with Poor Black
Women Street Traders in Durban, South Africa: Priscilla Cunnan
(Queen Mary, University of London).
Part II: Moral Geographies of Uneven Development.
4. Globalisation, Production and Inequalities in Development:
Peter Dicken (University of Manchester).
5. Regional Inequality, Convergence and Enlargement in the
European Union: Nigel Spence (Queen Mary, University of
London).
6. Moral Problems of Eastern Wilderness: European Core and
Periphery: Boleslaw Domañski (Jagiellonian University).
7. Where the Grass is Greener in Poland: Regional and
Intra-urban Inequalities: Grzegorz Wêclawowicz (Polish Academy
of Sciences).
Part III: Moral Geographies of Distribution: Justice, Welfare
and Rights.
8. Social Exclusion, Health and Health Care: The Case of the
National Health Service in England: Sarah E. Curtis (Queen Mary,
University of London).
9. The Problem with Welfare: Susan Smith and Donna Easterlow
(Both at University of Edinburgh).
10. Struggles over Human Rights in Nigeria: Rex Honey
(University of Iowa).
11. Valuing Land and Distributing Territory: Avery Kolers
(University of Louisville, Kentucky).
12. When Two Rights Collide: Some Lessons from Jerusalem: Shlomo
Hasson (Hebrew University of Jerusalem).
13. Land Reform Policy in Post-Apartheid South Africa: The
Elusive Quest for Social Justice?: Brij Maharaj (University of
Natal).
Part IV: Moral Geographies in Place.
14. Waiting in Line, or the Moral and Material Geographies of
Queue-Jumping: Stuart Corbridge (University of Miami).
15. Moral Geographies of Sexual Citizenship: Gill Valentine
(University of Sheffield).
16. But Tight Jeans are Better! Moral Improvisation and Ethical
Judgement in Local Planning Decision-making: Jean Hillier
(University of Newcastle).
Part V: Moral Context and Professional Practice in
Geography.
17. Disciplinary Change and Career Paths: Ron Johnston
(University of Bristol).
18. From Location Theory to Moral Philosophy: Views from the
Fringe: David M. Smith (Queen Mary, University of London).
Index.

Despre autor

Roger Lee is Professor of Geography at Queen Mary,
University of London. He was editor of the Transactions of the
Institute of British Geographers from 1993 to 1998 and is
currently an editor of Progress in Human Geography. His
previous publications include Economic Geography (third
edition, 1982), Teaching Geography in Higher Education
(Blackwell, 1991), Geographies of Economies (1997) and
Alternative Economic Spaces (2003). He is also an
academician of the Academy of Learned Societies in the Social
Sciences.
David M. Smith is Emeritus Professor of Geography at
Queen Mary, University of London. He held earlier appointments at
the Universities of Manchester, Southern Illinois, Florida, Natal,
the Witwatersrand and New England (Australia). He is the author or
editor of twenty books, including Geography and Social
Justice (Blackwell, 1994) and Moral Geographies: Ethics in a
World of Difference (2000).

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