Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Cars and their Associations -- Blessing and curse - the double edged car -- Cars as neutral technology -- Social and cultural perspectives on driving -- Driving as a cultural practice -- Young driver research -- Social dimensions -- Chapter 1 Enticing Cars and Driving Styles -- The conduct of cars -- A short social history of the car -- Social framing -- Articulations of the car -- Cars as incentive: suggestive cars and driving styles -- Cars behaving badly -- Chapter 2 Inscribing Driving: Boredom and Pleasure on the Roads -- Driving time -- Driving boredom and pleasure -- Performance places -- The drama of the road -- Habits of freedom -- Freedom, fantasy and consumption -- Alternative engagements -- Chapter 3 Cultured Drivers -- Dangerous gender performances: 'combustion masculinity' -- A 'natural' connection -- Knowledge of cars -- Driving performance -- Reflections on early driving desires -- The young and the old -- Cultural costs -- Embodying attitudes -- Chapter 4 Driven by Desire -- Driver behaviour and emotions -- Theories of driver behaviour -- Adolescents and emotionality -- Driving as emotional engagement -- Framing aggression -- Social engagement -- The case of confidence -- Chapter 5 Dilemmas of the Car -- The inconvenient car -- Governing cars -- Policing governance -- Governmentality and self-control -- Number crunching governance -- Chapter 6 An Ethical Future of Mobility -- Alternative patterns of mobility -- Addressing the apparent need for speed -- Mobility and accessibility planning -- Alternative masculinities -- Hospitality on the roads -- Informalised authority -- Future visions -- Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V.

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