Human geography – cultural, economic, political, and social – is inherently concerned with social justice and injustice. Being born in one country, region or one part of a particular city may, for example, be the single most important factor in an individual?s health, education, and longevity. It is clear that in every nation, including present and former socialist societies, wealth and privilege are unevenly divided. But would an equal distribution of resources really be preferable from a moral point of view? Is it even possible to propound universal prescriptions of what is socially just, or to talk about universal rights in a world in which different kinds of people (according to class, gender, race and religion) are treated so differently in different places? Such questions are far from simple. In this book David Smith, one of the world?s leading geographical thinkers, throws incisive light upon them. He proceeds first by providing a critical and accessible review of relevant...

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