Social Perspectives on Mobility

'This is an excellent example of innovative conceptual and empirical work broadly following a new mobilities paradigm. The book is going to be well-read and discussed. It is a significant contribution to this newly emerging field.' John Urry, Lancaster University, UK 'Social Perspectives on Mobility is a crucial text for scholars, planners and students interested in transport. It skilfully handles the concept of mobility from different theoretical and empirical angles. The interdisciplinary perspective presented represents a new and enriching contribution to the debate on mobility.' Randi Johanne Hjorthol, Institute of Transport Economics, Norway 'What emerges is a book that is of great value to politicians and planning officials hoping to survey some of the key issues in today's transport sector...the book is a valuable resource and should give anyone interested a good look at some of the key issues facing planners in the transport sector...' European Spatial Research and Policy

Thyra Uth Thomsen is Associate Professor at Copenhagen Business School in Denmark. Lise Drewes Nielsen is Professor in the Department of Environment and Social Studies at Roskilde University, Denmark, and Henrik Gudmundsson is Senior Researcher at the National Environmental Research Institute in Denmark.

Contents: Introduction: mobility research - a growing field of social enquiry, Lise Drewes Nielsen, Henrik Gudmundsson and Thyra Uth Thomsen. Mobility as Constructed Social Reality: Parents' construction of traffic safety: children's independent mobility at risk?, Thyra Uth Thomsen; Structural stories, mobility and (un)freedom, Malene Freudendal-Pedersen; Reflexive mobility - a critical and action oriented perspective on transport research, Lise Drewes Nielsen. Mobility as Spatial Co-ordination and Transgression: Impacts of infrastructure investment on logistics and transport - examples from the fixed links of the Great Belt and Oresund in Denmark, Leif Gjesing Hansen; Involving freight transport actors in production of knowledge - experience with future workshop methodology, Per Homann Jespersen and Lise Drewes Nielsen. Mobility as a Policy Theme: Mobility as a policy concept, Henrik Gudmundsson; The institutionalisation of European transport policy from a mobility perspective, Anne Jensen; New conditions for decision-making and co-ordination in transport? Corporatisation and division in the Danish railway sector, Claus Hedegaard Srensen; Democracy, civil society and automobility: understanding battles against motorways, Maria Figueroa; Epilogue: mobility, sustainability, and beyond, Henrik Gudmundsson, Thyra Uth Thomsen and Lise Drewes Nielsen; Index.