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RGS-IBG Book Series: Latest News

New Human Geography Series Editor!

Neil Coe (University of Manchester) has taken over as Human Geography Series Editor from January 2011. Everyone involved with the Series at the RGS-IBG and Wiley-Blackwell would like to thank Kevin Ward (University of Manchester) for all his sterling work on the series over the past five years.

RGS-IBG Book Series Referees 2011 - thank you!

The RGS-IBG Book Series would not be able to function without the help and assistance of the people listed below who gave their time and effort to act as referees for proposals and manuscripts last year. Their support is gratefully acknowledged::

Pete Adey

John Agnew

Jan Breman

Sarah Curtis

Jonathan Darling

Matt Gandy

Vinay Gidwani

Mike Goodman

Annegret Haase

Nik Heynen

Nick Lancaster

Roger Lee

Rob Macmillan

Catherine Nolin

Nicola Shelton

James Sidaway

Adrian Smith

Gordon Walker

Kevin Ward

Book forums published from panels at the RGS-IBG Annual Conference!

2010 saw the publication of three book review forums concerning books in the Series:

Resistance, Space and Political Identities: The Making of Counter-Global Networks by David Featherstone is discussed by Kevin Ward, Danny Mackinnon, Jenny Pickerill and the author in Social Movement Studies.

Women's Geographical Work in the UK 1850-1970 by Avril Maddrell is discussed by Kevin Ward, Alison Blunt, Jo Norcup, James Sidaway, Charlie Withers and the author in Area.

Queer Visibilities: Space, Identity and Interaction in Cape Town by Andrew Tucker is discussed by Kevin Ward, Jon Binnie, Gavin Brown, Kath Browne, Alan Ingram, Gordon Issacs, William Leap and the author in Political Geography.

New books published!

August 2011 saw the publication of Colin McFarlane's Learning The City and 2010 saw five new books published in the Series:

Globalizing Responsibility: The Political Rationalities of Ethical Consumption by Clive Barnett, Paul Cloke, Nick Clarke and Alice Malpass.

Domesticating Neo-Liberalism: Spaces of Economic Practice and Social Reproduction in Post-Socialist Cities by Alison Stenning, Adrian Smith, Alena Rochovská and Dariusz Swiatek.

Aerial Life: Spaces, Mobilities, Affects by Peter Adey.

Swept Up Lives? Re-envisioning the Homeless City by Paul Cloke, Jon May and Sarah Johnsen.

Millionaire Migrants: Trans-Pacific Life Lines by David Ley.

As well as a paperback version of: Geomorphology of Upland Peat: Erosion, Form and Landscape Change by Martin Evans and Jeff Warburton

New books commissioned!

Books by Linda McDowell, David Featherstone and Joe Painter, Andrew Warren, Nick Gill and John Wainwright have been commissioned and will be published over the next couple of years.

Meet the editors!

Both Neil and Jo are regular attendees at conferences. Please feel free to approach them to talk about any future book plans you might have.