The Politics of Proximity

Giuseppina Pellegrino is a Lecturer in Sociology of Culture and Communication, at the Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Calabria, Italy

Contents: Foreword, John Urry; Preface; Introduction: studying (im)mobility through a politics of proximity, Giuseppina Pellegrino; Part I Categories of Proximity/Mobility: Space, mobility and new boundaries: the redefinition of social action, Maria Cristina Marchetti; Mobility and the notion of attainable reach, Kjell Engelbrekt; The harvest of Dionysus. Mobility/proximity, indigenous migrants and relational machines, Carmelo Buscema. Part II Discourse/Identity on Proximity and Mobility: The semiotics of (im)mobilities: two discursive case studies of the system of automobility, Chaim Noy; Mobility after war: re-negotiating belonging in Jaffna, Sri Lanka, Eva Gerharz. Part III Global Firms/Urban Landscapes as Scenery for Proximity and Mobility: Human costs of mobility: on management in multinational companies, Laura Gherardi; Urban mobility, accessibility and social equity: a comparative study in four European metropolitan areas, Matteo Colleoni; Mobility practices in Santiago de Chile: the consequences of restricted urban accessibility, Paola Jirón; Index.