Car Troubles examines a wide range of issues that are central to automobility by situating it within social, economic, and political contexts, and by combining social theory, specific case studies and policy-oriented analysis. It examines obstacles to change and considers the possibility of alternatives that go beyond the car.
Car Troubles examines a wide range of issues that are central to automobility by situating it within social, economic, and political contexts, and by combining social theory, specific case studies and policy-oriented analysis. It examines obstacles to change and considers the possibility of alternatives that go beyond the car.
Jim Conley is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at Trent University, Peterborough, Canada. Arlene Tigar McLaren is Professor Emerita in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction Jim Conley Arlene Tigar McLaren; Part 1 Cultures of Automobility; Chapter 1 T-Bucket Terrors to Respectable Rebels: Hot Rodders and Drag Racers in Vancouver BC 1948-1965 Catharine Genovese; Chapter 2 Automobile Advertisements: The Magical and the Mundane Jim Conley; Chapter 3 SUV Advertising: Constructing Identities and Practices Fiona McLean; Chapter 4 Bad Impressions: The Will to Concrete and the Projectile Economy of Cities Derek Simons; Part 2 Risk and Regulation; Chapter 5 The Safety Race: Transitions to the Fourth Age of the Automobile David MacGregor; Chapter 6 Implementing Restraint: Automobile Safety and the US Debate over Technological and Social Fixes Jameson M. Wetmore; Chapter 7 'Mind That Child': Childhood Traffic and Walking in Automobilized Space Damian Collins Catherine Bean Robin Kearns; Part 3 Inevitable Automobility?; Chapter 8 The Politics of Mobility: De-essentializing Automobility and Contesting Urban Space Jason Henderson; Chapter 9 The Chilean Way to Modernity: Private Roads Fast Cars Neoliberal Bodies Ricardo Trumper Patricia Tomic; Chapter 10 Driven to Drive: Cars and the Problem of 'Compulsory Consumption' Dennis Soron; Part 4 Beyond the Car; Chapter 11 Mobility as a Positional Good: Implications for Transport Policy and Planning Todd Litman; Chapter 12 The Global Intensification of Motorization and Its Impacts on Urban Social Ecologies George Martin; Chapter 13 Post-Car Mobilities Kingsley Dennis John Urry;
Introduction Jim Conley Arlene Tigar McLaren; Part 1 Cultures of Automobility; Chapter 1 T-Bucket Terrors to Respectable Rebels: Hot Rodders and Drag Racers in Vancouver BC 1948-1965 Catharine Genovese; Chapter 2 Automobile Advertisements: The Magical and the Mundane Jim Conley; Chapter 3 SUV Advertising: Constructing Identities and Practices Fiona McLean; Chapter 4 Bad Impressions: The Will to Concrete and the Projectile Economy of Cities Derek Simons; Part 2 Risk and Regulation; Chapter 5 The Safety Race: Transitions to the Fourth Age of the Automobile David MacGregor; Chapter 6 Implementing Restraint: Automobile Safety and the US Debate over Technological and Social Fixes Jameson M. Wetmore; Chapter 7 'Mind That Child': Childhood Traffic and Walking in Automobilized Space Damian Collins Catherine Bean Robin Kearns; Part 3 Inevitable Automobility?; Chapter 8 The Politics of Mobility: De-essentializing Automobility and Contesting Urban Space Jason Henderson; Chapter 9 The Chilean Way to Modernity: Private Roads Fast Cars Neoliberal Bodies Ricardo Trumper Patricia Tomic; Chapter 10 Driven to Drive: Cars and the Problem of 'Compulsory Consumption' Dennis Soron; Part 4 Beyond the Car; Chapter 11 Mobility as a Positional Good: Implications for Transport Policy and Planning Todd Litman; Chapter 12 The Global Intensification of Motorization and Its Impacts on Urban Social Ecologies George Martin; Chapter 13 Post-Car Mobilities Kingsley Dennis John Urry;
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