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Postcolonialism and Development. (2009)
Book
McEwan, C. (2009). Postcolonialism and Development. Routledge

While the possibility of producing a de-colonized, postcolonial knowledge in development studies became a subject of considerable debate in the 1990s, there has been little dialogue between postcolonialism and development. However, the need for devel... Read More about Postcolonialism and Development..

Planning Governance of Climate Change . (2009)
Book Chapter
Bulkeley, H. (2009). Planning Governance of Climate Change . In S. Davoudi, J. Crawford, & A. Mehmood (Eds.), Planning for Climate Change Strategies for Mitigation and Adaptation for Spatial Planners. Earthscan

'Digital war games and post 9/11 geographies of militarism'. (2009)
Book Chapter
Power, M. (2009). 'Digital war games and post 9/11 geographies of militarism'. In R. Schubart, F. Virchow, & D. White-Stanley (Eds.), War Isn't Hell, it's Entertainment: Essays on Visual Media and the Representation of Conflict (198-215). McFarland

Consumer credit, self-discipline, and risk management. (2009)
Book Chapter
Langley, P. (2009). Consumer credit, self-discipline, and risk management. In G. Clark, A. Dixon, & A. Monk (Eds.), Managing Financial Risks: From Global to Local (280-300). Oxford University Press

Social and Cultural Geography: Subaltern. (2009)
Book Chapter
McEwan, C. (2009). Social and Cultural Geography: Subaltern. In R. Kitchin, & N. Thurift (Eds.), International Encyclopedia of Human Geography (59-64). Elsevier

Measuring Fatness, Governing Bodies: The Spatialities of the Body Mass Index(BMI) in Anti-Obesity Politics (2009)
Journal Article
Evans, B., & Colls, R. (2009). Measuring Fatness, Governing Bodies: The Spatialities of the Body Mass Index(BMI) in Anti-Obesity Politics. Antipode: A Radical Journal of Geography, 41(5), 1051-1083. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8330.2009.00706.x

The Body Mass Index (BMI) is the dominant means of defining and diagnosing obesity in national and international public health policy. This paper draws on geographical engagements with Foucault's work on biopower and governmentality to question the p... Read More about Measuring Fatness, Governing Bodies: The Spatialities of the Body Mass Index(BMI) in Anti-Obesity Politics.

Visual Methods and Methodologies (2009)
Book Chapter
Crang, M. (2009). Visual Methods and Methodologies. In D. Delyser, S. Herbert, S. Aitken, M. Crang, & L. McDowell (Eds.), The SAGE handbook of qualitative geography (208-225). SAGE Publications

In this chapter my aim is to suggest that an engagement with visuality is worthwhile, may be even necessary, for qualitative methods in geography. In doing this I want to push the case for these methods when despite sometimes warm words there are rel... Read More about Visual Methods and Methodologies.

Cultures of Mass Tourism: Doing the Mediterranean in the Age of Banal Mobilities. (2009)
Book
Obrador, P., Crang, M., & Travlou, P. (Eds.). (2009). Cultures of Mass Tourism: Doing the Mediterranean in the Age of Banal Mobilities. Ashgate Publishing

With more than 230 million international tourists a year, the Mediterranean region is the largest tourist destination in the world. This book outlines that its economic importance is matched by its significance as a cultural and aesthetic phenomenon.... Read More about Cultures of Mass Tourism: Doing the Mediterranean in the Age of Banal Mobilities..