Author: Guha Swapna Banerjee
Place: Jaipur
Publisher: Rawat Publications
Year: 2004
Pages: 212
ISBN: 81-7033-857-3
Keyword: Globalization, Post-Fordism, Social change, Social Infrastructure
Classification: 307.1416
Shelf: C1R4
Accession No: B80
Contents: Contents : Preface; Spatial Hermeneutics of Social Processses by Swapna Banerjee Guha; Part I: trends, approaches and perspectives : 1. critical issues in social geographical research by sunil kumar munsi; 2. Rethinking geography in the postmodern world by aijazuddin ahmad; 3. Space, society and geography : investigating the crises of postmodern urban space; 4. gender and geography in india : why the two shall meet by saraswati raju; 5. development trends in linguistic geography by M.Ishtiaq; 6. Health and social wellbeing : a significant area in social geography by jayasree de; 7. integrating environment in social geographical studies by srikumar chattopadhyay; Part II : Macro and micro level analyses : 8. trends in urban agglomeration in india : implications for social change; 9. poverty – induced migration and urban decay in india by shekhar mukherji; 10. social gaps in metropolitan infrastructure : the case of the mumbai metropolitan region by V.S. Phadke; 11. Saptial structure and migratory social space : the case of ahmedabad city by anjana desai and aparajita de; contributors; author index; subject index
Abstract: The book explores the resurgence of spatial analysis in social sciences, particularly within human geography, following a long-standing dominance of time-centric approaches. Since the 1970s, space and spatiality have gained renewed importance, with scholars emphasizing the socio-spatial dialectic—the idea that social relations are both shaped by and enacted through space. This shift marks a conceptual transformation where space is seen not merely as a backdrop but as an active component in constructing social realities. Set against this theoretical evolution, the book examines contemporary human geographical research in India, highlighting the growing convergence of society and space. Divided into two parts—one addressing theory and perspective, the other focused on analysis—the book discusses key transformations influenced by globalization, post-Fordism, postmodernism, gender studies, language, communal conflicts, environmental concerns, and social infrastructure. These developments reflect interdisciplinary influences, often emerging from outside traditional geographic thought, reinforcing the interconnectedness of geography with broader social science debates. The book thus contributes to redefining geography’s relevance in understanding contemporary social changes and spatial dynamics in India.