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This book explores the political ecology of motor vehicles in an era of growing social disparities and environmental crises. Humanity needs to move beyond motor vehicles as much as possible as part and parcel of the larger process of radical social structural changes.
List of contents
Introduction
Chapter 1 - The Political Economy of Motor Vehicles
Chapter 2 - Cultural Tropes Associated with Motor Vehicles
Chapter 3 - The Political Ecological Impact of Motor Vehicles on Settlement Patterns
Chapter 4 - The Impact of Motor Vehicles on the Natural Environment
Chapter 5 - The Political Ecological Impact of Motor Vehicles on Health
Chapter 6 - Case Studies of Motor Vehicles in Various Places
Chapter 7 - Beyond the Automobile Motor Vehicle
Chapter 8 - Creating a Sustainable Transportation System within the Context of an Alternative World System
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About the Author
About the author
Hans A. Baer is principal honorary research fellow in the School of Social Political Sciences at the University of Melbourne. Hans was a Fulbright Scholar in at Humboldt University in East Berlin in the German Democratic Republic in 1988-1989. He has taught at several US universities, including George Peabody College for Teachers, St. John’s University, the University of Southern Mississippi, the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, the University of California - Berkeley, Arizona State University, and at two Australian universities, namely the Australian National University and the University of Melbourne.
Summary
This book explores the political ecology of motor vehicles in an era of growing social disparities and environmental crises. Humanity needs to move beyond motor vehicles as much as possible as part and parcel of the larger process of radical social structural changes.
