Geographies and Moralities: International Perspectives on Development, Justice and Place

Introduction : Geographies of morality and moralities of geography / Roger Lee and David M. Smith -- Globalization, production and the (im)morality of uneven development / Peter Dicken -- Regional inequality, convergence and enlargement in the European Union / Nigel Spence -- Moral problems of eastern wilderness : European core and periphery / Bolesław Domańksi -- Where the grass is greener in Poland : regional and intra-urban inequalities / Grzegorz Węcławowicz -- Social exclusion, health and health care : the case of the national health service in England / Sarah E. Curtis --The problem with welfare / Susan J. Smith and Donna Easterlow -- Struggles over human rights in Nigeria : questions of scale in moral geography / Rex Honey -- Valuing land and distributing territory / Avery Kolers -- When two rights collide : some lessons from Jerusalem / Shlomo Hasson -- Land reform policy in post-apartheid South Africa : the elusive quest for social justice? / Brij Maharaj -- Waiting in line, or the moral and material geographies of queue-jumping / Stuart Corbridge -- Moral geographies of sexual citizenship / Gill Valentine -- 'But tight jeans are better!' Moral improvisation and ethical judgement in local planning decision-making / Jean Hillier -- The quality of ethics : moral causation, method and metatheory in the interdisciplinary science of geography / William S. Lynn -- On the pavement : reflections on fieldwork with urban poor Black women street traders in Durban, South Africa / Priscilla Cunnan -- Disciplinary change and career paths / Ron Johnston -- From location theory to moral philosophy : views from the fringe / David M. Smith.

This topical book addresses contemporary concern with the interconnections between geography and morality. It recognizes that there are 'moral geographies', involving differences in moral values and practices from place to place. It also recognizes that there are moralities in geography, in the sense of research methods and practices which may be subject to normative evaluation and codes of professional ethics. After a foreword by Revaz Gachechiladze and an introductory chapter by the editors explaining the academic context and approach adopted, contributors from a number of different countries provide international perspectives on the issues, supported by case studies from their own original research. These case studies deal with a wide range of controversial topics, including global inequalities, uneven development in Europe, struggles over human rights in Nigeria, territorial conflict in Israel and land reform in post-apartheid South Africa