An Everyday Geography of the Global South

Rigg, Jonathan

ISBN 10: 0415376092 / ISBN 13: 9780415376099

Published by Routledge, 2007

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owner's name in pen, else As New. Summary:The book will be an 'everyday' geography of the Global South that places 'development' in the background and brings detailed, grounded understanding of the ways in which individuals and household make a living.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: An Everyday Geography of the Global South
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415376092
• ISBN 13: 9780415376099
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: As New
• Seller catalogs:
  • Development Studies

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Synopsis

Taking a broad perspective of livelihoods, this book draws on more than ninety case studies from thirty-six countries across Asia, Africa and Latin America to examine how people are engaging and living with modernity. This extends from changes in the ways that households operate, to how and why people take on new work and acquire new skills, how migration and mobility have become increasingly common features of existence, and how aspirations and expectations are being reworked under the influence of modernization.

To date, this is the only book which takes such an approach to building an understanding of the global South. By using the experience of the non-Western world to illuminate and inform mainstream debates in geography, and in beginning from the lived experiences of ‘ordinary’ people, this book provides an alternative insight into a range of geographical debates. The clarity of argument and its use of detailed case studies makes this book an invaluable resource for students.

About the Author

Jonathan Rigg is Professor of Geography at Durham University. His research interests include development in the South-East Asian region, rural and agrarian change, and political ecology.