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Understanding lifestyle migration : theoretical approaches to migration and the quest for a better way of life
This book draws on social theories to understand lifestyle migration as a social phenomenon. The chapters engage theoretically with themes and debates relevant to contemporary social science such as place and space, social stratification and power relations, production and consumption, individualism, dwelling and imagination.
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Understanding lifestyle migration : theoretical approaches to migration and the quest for a better way of life
Understanding Lifestyle Migration contributes to the wider turn towards understanding migration through the lens of social theory. It is the first volume to question how lifestyle migration and related phenomena can be understood contributing to this rapidly expanding field of research, and moving beyond definitional considerations to engage deeper understandings of such migrations. It thus aims to set a new and challenging research agenda that brings together researchers from a range of disciplines and geographical locations working on related forms of migration. The chapters engage theoretically with themes and debates relevant to contemporary social science such as place and space, social stratification and power relations, production and consumption, individualism, dwelling, imagination and representations, and community attachments and belonging.
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The Changing Nature of the Beach for Low Carbon Societies: The Australian Case
Responding to John Urry’s call (in Climate Change and Society, 2011) to think about the implications of consumption and travel in the design of low carbon societies, this paper considers how the challenge to devise more localized forms of vacationing will impact Australian beach and beach cultures. Australian society is spatially concentrated on the coastal margins (75% live within 40kms of the coast and 25% live within 3kms), and yet, currently it is one of the highest consumers of vacationing based on flights to international locations, often to beach resorts. Current research on climate change and the beach is dominated by adaptation research, which models likely changes to geomorphology and built environments based on sea level rise. This has predicted an overall human retreat from the coast as a likely response; yet, this has not taken into account other important adaptations to climate change such as the localization of leisure and tourism. This paper argues that since Australians are unlikely to turn to their arid and agricultural interiors, it will be the coast that becomes a new and more intensive vacationing zone. Based on what we know of the previous era of mass beach consumption in the mid-twentieth century and what we know about contemporary Australian tourism and tourists, this paper identifies the likely dimensions and practices of beach cultures for a low-carbon Australia.
Journal Article
Challenging contemporary 'democracy' and identifying problems: Paper in themed section: Challenging Contemporary 'Democracy' and Identifying Problems. Gagnon, Jean-Paul and Osbaldiston, Nicholas (eds).
[...]all of this informs the ontological study of 'democracy' that Gordian and shapeless being in human knowledge and existence. Because of this, we see that the central goal of this special issue is to provide alternatives for the growth of 'democracy' and especially the diversification of its typical 'Western' narrative. Clive Bean then demonstrates the impressive growth, and future likelihood of even greater growth, of the Internet's role in Australian politics and how Australians participate politically via this medium.
Journal Article
The Urban Push for Environmental Amenity: The Impact of Lifestyle Migration on Local Housing Markets and Communities
Across the world the impact of lifestyle or amenity migration on small
country and coastal townships has been a focal point for the social sciences. In this
chapter, we examined coastal townships and regional places across the eastern coastline
of Australia and the impact this migratory phenomenon has had on housing and
development. Using statistical resources from a state government reporting authority,
we analysed and tracked the changes in housing costs, both purchase and rental, since
2001. We also explored three different responses to development within towns that have
grown significantly through this phenomenon which demonstrates that at times
communities fight vehemently to protect their 'sense of place' through collective action.
However, not all responses seek protection from lifestyle migrants and development. As
this chapter shows, the division between those who have migrated to the place and local
residents can sometimes spill over into public conflict over the destiny of the township.
This is pointed directly at the notion to 'protect from' or 'allow' development to expand
the boundaries of towns. From this perspective, the question of 'authenticity' that is
embedded in different group perceptions becomes an ideal contest between groups and
one that suggests that lifestyle migration is an inherently complex phenomenon.
Book Chapter
The media circus: an extended review of Lindsay Tanner's Sideshow Book review of: Sideshow: Dumbing Down Democracy (2011).
Osbaldiston reviews Sideshow: Dumbing Down Democracy by Lindsay Tanner.
Book Review