Bringing emotions to time geography: the case of mobilities of poverty

McQuoid, Julia; Dijst, Martin

doi:10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2012.03.019

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“…Few studies that have not already been discussed above can be identified that provide support for the supposed pathway. Some previously discussed studies (Rajé, 2007;Ziegler and Schwanen, 2011;McQuoid and Dijst, 2012;Schwanen et al, 2012) hint at some of the pathways but none engages them in depth.…”

Section: 4| Starting From Social Exclusionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Rethinking the links between social exclusion and transport disadvantage through the lens of social capital

Schwanen

Lucas

Akyelken

et al. 2015

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

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This paper provides a critical review of the progress in understanding the linkages between transport disadvantage and social exclusion. It follows earlier work in proposing social capital as a concept that mediates those linkages but argues that transport researchers must not confine themselves to conceptualisations of social capital as predominantly benign and capable of reducing transport disadvantage and social exclusion. A range of hypothetical pathways is discussed, highlighting the Janus-faced character of social capital as a medium for both the effectuation of progressive social change and the perpetuation and creation of social inequalities. An analysis is provided of the extent to which the recent transport-related literature supports or rejects the hypothesised pathways, and key avenues for future research are identified.Key words: social exclusion, transport disadvantage, social capital, literature review, social network 1 1| IntroductionThere is a long tradition in transport studies, urban studies and human geography of research that examines the connections of mobility with social inequality and deprivation (Kain, 1968;Wachs and Kumagai, 1973;Hanson and Hanson, 1980;Kwan, 1999;Neutens et al., 2010), and a range of papers on those connections have recently been published in TransportationResearch Part A (Stanley et al., 2011;Martens et al., 2012;Mullen et al., 2014). Within that tradition researchers have suggested direct causal links between transport and social exclusion (Church et al., 2000;Hine and Mitchell, 2001;Lucas et al., 2001;Kenyon et al., 2002; Lucas, 2004Lucas, , 2012Cass et al., 2005;Gray et al., 2006;Preston and Rajé, 2007;Stanley et al., 2011). Scholarship on these links flourished in the early 21 st century, in part because of the interest the Labour government under Tony Blair took in reducing social exclusion in the UK. Yet, this flourishing also reflects more general concerns over the effects of neoliberal urban and transport policies on the less privileged segments of urban and rural populations in the UK and elsewhere.The intimate connections of academic work on mobility and exclusion with the realms of policy-making and -less frequently -grassroots activism imply that research on transport and social exclusion ticks many of the 'impact' and 'knowledge valorisation' boxes that are increasingly important in research evaluations. However, the flipside of this orientation on policy and practice is that theoretical development has not always been the highest priority among researchers. Past studies have significantly expanded our understanding of concepts, such as mobility-related exclusion (Kenyon et al., 2002), access (Cass et al., 2005 or network capital (Urry, 2007(Urry, , 2012, but research has to a considerable degree progressed through cumulative broadening of empirical research.2 Therefore, the current paper draws upon various theoretical perspectives on social capital and explores how they can strengthen the theoretical basis of research about transport and social ...

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Section: 4| Starting From Social Exclusionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Rethinking the links between social exclusion and transport disadvantage through the lens of social capital

Schwanen

Lucas

Akyelken

et al. 2015

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

173

117

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“…Through an analysis of homeless people in Los Angeles, Rowe and Wolch (1990), demonstrate that individuals whose daily activity paths are dedicated to securing basic subsistence may have to sacrifice longer-term goals such as escaping from homelessness. A related argument is made by McQuoid and Dijst (2012) who show how everyday time-geographic constraints play a central role in solidifying precarious life situations for low-income, single mothers in the San Francisco area. These studies suggest that time-geographic constraints in the present impact upon future life course trajectories in various ways or, in the case of Schwanen and Wang (2014), that thoughts about the future have an impact upon decisions made about the present.…”

Section: The Times and Temporalities Of Precarious Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

On waiting, work-time and imagined futures: Theorising temporal precariousness among Chinese chefs in Sweden’s restaurant industry

2017

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This paper explores the precarious working conditions in the Chinese restaurant industry in Sweden -a country considered to have one of Europe's most liberal labour immigration policies. Drawing upon a theoretical framework inspired by scholarship on precarious work and time geography, the paper argues that precarious work performed by migrant labour can be usefully understood through three interrelated temporal processes that, when they work together, produce and maintain precarious work-life situations. They are: (1) work-time arrangements: that is, actual working hours per day and over the annual cycle, the pace and intensity of work and the flexibility demanded of migrant workers in terms of when work is carried out, (2) the spatio-temporal 'waiting zones' indirectly produced by immigration policies that delay full access to labour markets and in which precarious work-time arrangements consequently arise, and (3) migrant workers' imagined futures, which motivate them to accept precarious work-time arrangements during a transitory period. The paper thus also illuminates that the Chinese chefs in Sweden's restaurant industry are not just passive victims of exploitative work-time arrangements. Rather, waiting -for a return to China or settlement in Sweden -may be part of migrants' strategies to achieve certain life course trajectories.Keywords: Sweden, Chinese migrant workers' strategies, liberal migration policies, migration status; permanent residence, precarious working conditions, temporalities 2 IntroductionIn recent years, labour geography has become increasingly concerned with the intersections between migration and precarious employment (e.g. Coe, 2013;Ellis, Wright and Parks, 2007;Lewis et al., 2014;May et al., 2007; Dyer, 2007, 2009;Vosko, 2006;Waite, 2009;Wills et al., 2010). Migrant workers, it is argued, are clustered in particular jobs and segments of the labour market characterised by low pay and insecure employment. In this literature, there is an often implicit discussion about the relationship between precarious work and time. The precarious working conditions of migrant workers are linked to the proliferation of short-term, temporary or casual contracts in advanced capitalist economies (e.g. May et al., 2007;McDowell, Batnitzky and Dyer, 2009;Wills et al., 2010; also see e.g. Amin, 1994;Peck and Theodore, 1998;Rogers and Rogers, 1989;Sassen, 1991).It is also implied that precarious working conditions are not only characterised by low status and low pay but also by uncertainty about working hours, which may be both too many or too few (e.g. McDowell, Batnitzky and Dyer, 2009), and by a lack of regularity and predictability about length of employment and when work will take place (Anderson, 2007). Thus, precarious work among migrant populations, as noted by Anderson (2007), has much to do with matters of time or, more precisely, with a range of temporal uncertainties -about how long employment will last, the number of hours of work each week, and when to be available for work -which ...

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“…Scholars and researchers have paid close attention to human behaviour patterns in WebGIS finding certain regularities. Research has focused on either the repetitive characteristics in access to geospatial data (Fisher 2007, Wang et al 2010, or the spatial attributes and correlations found in browsed geospatial data (Park and Kim 2001, Xing and Ma 2003, Sample and Loup 2010; Other research identified demonstrating spatiotemporal regularities or trends in user access behaviour (Lee andKwan 2011, Mcquoid andDijst 2012). These regularities provide critical cues for WebGIS system design and maintenance (Mountrakis and Gunson 2009, Sedda et al 2011, Achakeev et al 2012).…”

Section: Related Workmentioning

confidence: 99%