Graham Gardner
Biographic Data
| ID | 4250235 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Graham Gardner |
| GIVEN NAMES | Graham |
| FAMILY NAME | Gardner |
| SIGNATURE | GARDNER G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Aberystwyth University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 27 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Cultures of local economy in a Celtic fringe region
This paper seeks to help reconceptualize the spaces of local and regional economies by developing the idea of the ‘compound economy’. It is set in the context of a growing body of work in geography that emphasizes the importance of culture as a factor shaping differentiated local and regional economic development and, correspondingly, as an important dynamic informing the ability of localities and regions to negotiate economic forces operating at…
Applied policy research and critical human geography
This paper discusses the relationship between applied policy research commissioned by the state and the development and maintenance of critical human geographies. In contrast with recent debates, which have centred on the relative status of human geography within policy circles, we focus on the often mundane and messy realities of undertaking policy research. The paper argues that applied policy research offers considerable potential for human ge…
Unreliable memories and other contingencies
This article addresses two concerns that are central to much of the qualitative research currently ongoing in both the social sciences and other fields of social research: the status awarded to biographical knowledges and, associatively, how such knowledges are dealt with in concrete research. The first section calls attention to the unreliability of memory in order to cast doubt on the veracity of lay actors' accounts and thus question their pos…
Fear of crime, cultural threat and the countryside
This paper argues that the study of crime and the fear of crime in rural areas reveals much about the geography of crime, policing and rural society. Drawing upon a crime and safety survey conducted with residents of a rural parish in Worcestershire it establishes a link between fear of crime and ‘cultural threats’ to residents' dominant constructions of rurality. It concludes by considering the 1998 Crime and Disorder Act and its implications fo…
Applied policy research and critical human geography
This paper discusses the relationship between applied policy research commissioned by the state and the development and maintenance of critical human geographies. In contrast with recent debates, which have centred on the relative status of human geography within policy circles, we focus on the often mundane and messy realities of undertaking policy research. The paper argues that applied policy research offers considerable potential for human ge…
Unreliable memories and other contingencies
This article addresses two concerns that are central to much of the qualitative research currently ongoing in both the social sciences and other fields of social research: the status awarded to biographical knowledges and, associatively, how such knowledges are dealt with in concrete research. The first section calls attention to the unreliability of memory in order to cast doubt on the veracity of lay actors' accounts and thus question their pos…
Fear of crime, cultural threat and the countryside
This paper argues that the study of crime and the fear of crime in rural areas reveals much about the geography of crime, policing and rural society. Drawing upon a crime and safety survey conducted with residents of a rural parish in Worcestershire it establishes a link between fear of crime and ‘cultural threats’ to residents' dominant constructions of rurality. It concludes by considering the 1998 Crime and Disorder Act and its implications fo…
Cultures of local economy in a Celtic fringe region
This paper seeks to help reconceptualize the spaces of local and regional economies by developing the idea of the ‘compound economy’. It is set in the context of a growing body of work in geography that emphasizes the importance of culture as a factor shaping differentiated local and regional economic development and, correspondingly, as an important dynamic informing the ability of localities and regions to negotiate economic forces operating at…
Fear of crime, cultural threat and the countryside
This paper argues that the study of crime and the fear of crime in rural areas reveals much about the geography of crime, policing and rural society. Drawing upon a crime and safety survey conducted with residents of a rural parish in Worcestershire it establishes a link between fear of crime and ‘cultural threats’ to residents' dominant constructions of rurality. It concludes by considering the 1998 Crime and Disorder Act and its implications fo…
Unreliable memories and other contingencies
This article addresses two concerns that are central to much of the qualitative research currently ongoing in both the social sciences and other fields of social research: the status awarded to biographical knowledges and, associatively, how such knowledges are dealt with in concrete research. The first section calls attention to the unreliability of memory in order to cast doubt on the veracity of lay actors' accounts and thus question their pos…
Applied policy research and critical human geography
This paper discusses the relationship between applied policy research commissioned by the state and the development and maintenance of critical human geographies. In contrast with recent debates, which have centred on the relative status of human geography within policy circles, we focus on the often mundane and messy realities of undertaking policy research. The paper argues that applied policy research offers considerable potential for human ge…
Cultures of local economy in a Celtic fringe region
This paper seeks to help reconceptualize the spaces of local and regional economies by developing the idea of the ‘compound economy’. It is set in the context of a growing body of work in geography that emphasizes the importance of culture as a factor shaping differentiated local and regional economic development and, correspondingly, as an important dynamic informing the ability of localities and regions to negotiate economic forces operating at…
Sociology (4 works) · Political science (3 works) · Social science (3 works) · Data Analysis and Archiving (2 works) · Government (linguistics (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies (2 works) · Negotiation (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Rural development and sustainability (2 works)