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1. Reference Groups and the Theory of Revolution (Routledge Revivals)

   By John Urry

   First published in 1973, this is a reissue of John Urry's important and influential study of the theory of revolution. Part 1 offers a detailed discussion of the concept of the reference group, tracing its development from the symbolic interactionist tradition and then showing how it...

   To Be Published October 14th 2012 by Routledge
2. Social Theory as Science (Routledge Revivals)

   By Russell Keat, John Urry

   This book, written by a philosopher interested in the problems of social science and scientific method, and a sociologist interested in the philosophy of science, presents a novel conception of how we should think about and carry out the scientific study of social life. This book combines an...

   Published April 15th 2012 by Routledge
3. Mobile Methods

   Edited by Monika Büscher, John Urry, Katian Witchger

   In the twenty-first century, more than ever, everything and everybody seems to be on the move. Global flows of people, goods, food, money, information, services and media images are forming an intensely mobile background to everyday life. Social scientists, too, are on the move, seeking new...

   Published August 2nd 2010 by Routledge
4. Mobile Lives

   By Anthony Elliott, John Urry

   Series: International Library of Sociology

   How should we understand the personal and social impacts of complex mobility systems? Can lifestyles based around intensive travel, transport and tourism be maintained in the 21st century? What possibility post-carbon lifestyles? In this provocative study of "life on the move", Anthony Elliott and...

   Published May 13th 2010 by Routledge
5. Aeromobilities

   Edited by Saulo Cwerner, Sven Kesselring, John Urry

   Series: International Library of Sociology

   Aeromobilities is a collection of essays that tackle in many different ways the growing importance of aviation and air travel in our hypermobile, globalized world. Providing a multidisciplinary focus on issues ranging from global airports to the production of airspace, from airline work to...

   Published January 19th 2010 by Routledge
6. Mobile Technologies of the City

   Edited by Mimi Sheller, John Urry

   Series: Networked Cities Series

   Mobile communications technologies are taking off across the world, while urban transportation and surveillance systems are also being rebuilt and updated. Emergent practices of physical, informational and communicational mobility are reconfiguring patterns of movement, co-presence, social...

   Published February 22nd 2006 by Routledge
7. Tourism Mobilities

   Places to Play, Places in Play

   By Mimi Sheller, John Urry

   Many places around the world are being produced, converted, interpreted and made fit for tourist consumption. This fascinating book analyzes tourist performances such as walking, shopping, sunbathing, photographing, eating and clubbing, and studies why, and indeed how, some places become global...

   Published July 7th 2004 by Routledge
8. Sociology Beyond Societies

   Mobilities for the Twenty-First Century

   By John Urry

   Series: International Library of Sociology

   In this ground-breaking contribution to social theory, John Urry argues that the traditional basis of sociology - the study of society - is outmoded in an increasingly borderless world. If sociology is to make a pertinent contribution to the post societal era it must forget the social rigidities of...

   Published November 24th 1999 by Routledge
9. Touring Cultures

   Transformations of Travel and Theory

   Edited by Chris Rojek, John Urry

   It is becoming ever clearer that while people tour cultures, cultures and objects themselves are in a constant state of migration. This collection brings together some of the most influential writers in the field to examine the complex connections between tourism and cultural change and the...

   Published May 14th 1997 by Routledge
10. Consuming Places

    By JOHN Urry

    Series: International Library of Sociology

    John Urry has been discussing and writing on these and similar questions for the past fifteen years. In Consuming Places, he gathers together his most significant contributions. Urry begins with an extensive review of the connections between society, time and space. The concept of 'society', the...

    Published March 8th 1995 by Routledge