Rethinking Spatial Inequality

Linda M. Lobao, Professor Emerita of Rural Sociology, Sociology, and Geography, The Ohio State University, USA and Gregory Hooks, Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology, McMaster University, Canada

• Contents1 Introduction: rethinking spatial inequality 1PART I RETHINKING SPATIAL INEQUALITY:CONCEPTUAL ANCHORS2 Spatial inequality as a concept, lens, and area of inquiry 273 Reproducing spatial inequality: opening the dialogue betweenperspectives 60PART II BRINGING IN A SPATIAL INEQUALITY APPROACH4 Spatial inequality as poverty across places and theirpopulations 865 Public service provisioning as a marker of spatial inequality 1076 Environmental (in)justice and spatial inequality 1307 The spatial inequality of war 1538 Conclusion: advancing the study of spatial inequality 177References 187Index 218

‘Rethinking Spatial Inequality constitutes a rigorous and timely contribution in contemporary debates on inequality, with a spatial lens. Lobao and Hooks make a compelling argument for transcending disciplinary and scalar boundaries, identifying common threads that guide the reader across a diversity of approaches and research traditions. [...] An excellent resource for readers seeking to understand inequality as both a concept and a social phenomenon with expanding consequences.’