{"product_id":"after-the-car-hardback-9780745644219","title":"After the Car (Hardback) 9780745644219","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eAfter the Car\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eKingsley Dennis (Author), John Urry (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780745644219, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 15 May 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e180 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.7 x 14.7 x 2.2 cm, 0.381 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Dennis and Urry show us how to do social science: how to move effortlessly between the macro and the micro,how to integrate problem spaces we once thought incommensurate, how to understand how we got to where we are and where we might be going.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eJournal of Sociology\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Dennis and Urry exhibit a refreshing understanding of the sheer inefficiency and inconvenience of cars.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLynsey Hanley, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"One great aspect of this book is that it manages to build some possible and realistic view of the future without neglecting its unpredictability. \u003ci\u003eAfter the Car\u003c\/i\u003e is a very inspiring book that we would recommend to all people interested in the future of transportation systems – especially those convinced by the importance of carfree perspectives in building it.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCarbusters\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"One of the toughest things to do is to anticipate discontinuity, to envisage a world - a life - beyond the car. The authors practice this art of the impossible in a fascinating way, opening up the social and sociological imagination for alternative paths of modernization.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eUlrich Beck, \u003ci\u003eUniversity of Munich\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A persuasive and readable summary of why motoring as we know it is doomed. The authors systematically chart the new technologies, oil shortages, environmental and other pressures changing the way we travel and the world we live in. If you want to know what the future might look like, this book is for you. Jeremy Clarkson is an endangered species!\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSteven Joseph, Executive Director, \u003ci\u003eCampaign for Better Transport\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"After the Car is a useful contribution to the debate about the role of the car which poses some interesting questions about its future.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTony Bosworth, \u003ci\u003eFriends of the Earth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is difficult to imagine a world without the car, and yet that is exactly what Dennis and Urry set out to do in this provocative new book. They argue that the days of the car are numbered: powerful forces around the world are undermining the car system and will usher in a new transport system sometime in the next few decades. Specifically, the book examines how several major processes are shaping the future of how we travel, including:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eGlobal warming and its many global consequences\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePeaking of oil supplies\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncreased digitisation of many aspects of economic and social life\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMassive global population increases\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe authors look at changes in technology, policy, economy and society, and make a convincing argument for a future where, by necessity, the present car system will be re-designed and re-engineered.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eYet the book also suggests that there are some hugely bleak dilemmas facing the twenty first century. The authors lay out what they consider to be possible 'post-car' future scenarios. These they describe as 'local sustainability', 'regional warlordism' and 'digital networks of control'.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAfter The Car\u003c\/i\u003e will be of great interest to planners, policy makers, social scientists, futurologists, those working in industry, as well as general readers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSome have described the 20th Century as the century of the car. Now that century has come to a close – and things are about to change.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface vi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Changing Climates 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Century of the Car 27\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Systems 47\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Technologies 62\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Organizations 93\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Models 109\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Scenarios 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 165\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 203\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Sociology%20\u0026amp;%20anthropology%20%5BJH%5D%22\"\u003eJH\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52407311368472,"sku":"9780745644219","price":45.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780745644219.jpg?v=1784160830","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/after-the-car-hardback-9780745644219","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}