Rethinking spatial inequality / Linda M. Lobao (Professor Emerita of Rural Sociology, Sociology, and Geography, The Ohio State University, USA) and Gregory Hooks (Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology, McMaster University, Canada).

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lobao, Linda, author.

Hooks, Gregory (Gregory Michael), 1953- author.

Contributor:

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Series:

Rethinking research and theory

Rethinking research and theory series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Equality--Sociological aspects.

Equality.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (234 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2025.

Summary:

"This illuminating book offers a new perspective on social science inquiry into the spatial dimensions of societal well-being; addressing the key question of who gets what, and where. Leading scholars Linda Lobao and Gregory Hooks adopt an organizing framework that speaks to the concept of spatial inequality, how it forms a lens on societal disparities, and how it gives rise to work with underlying commonalities across different social science disciplines. With this scaffolding, the authors consider spatial inequality across spatial scales, places, and populations, including the subnational scale, so often missing in inequality research. Illustrative cases center on poverty, public service provision and austerity policies, environmental justice, and war and conflict. The book concludes by advancing an integrative social science agenda to guide future emancipatory research on inequality. Rethinking Spatial Inequality is a vital resource for students and scholars of inequality across the social sciences including sociology, human geography, development, regional, urban, and rural studies, demography, and political science. Policymakers and practitioners in public service provision will also benefit from this perceptive book"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Contents: Acknowledgments

1: Introduction: rethinking spatial inequality

Part I: Rethinking spatial inequality: conceptual anchors

2: Spatial inequality as a concept, lens, and area of inquiry

3: Reproducing spatial inequality: opening the dialogue between perspectives

Part II: Bringing in a spatial inequality approach

4: Spatial inequality as poverty across places and their populations

5: Public service provisioning as a marker of spatial inequality

6: Environmental (in)justice and spatial inequality

7: The spatial inequality of war

8: Conclusion: advancing the study of spatial inequality

References

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print record.

ISBN:

9781803926131 (e-book)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.