Book review

摘要

I was keen to review "Cycling and Society" as I believe cycling is, in most countries, an undervalued mode of transport that has the potential to address some of the world's transport problems. I saw a book with this title having the potential to add to the debate. I was encouraged that this may be the case when I read the back cover: "How can the social sciences help us understand the past, present and potential futures of cycling? This timely international and interdisciplinary collection addresses this question, interrogating and discussing shifts in cycling practices and attitudes and opening up important critical spaces for thinking about the prospects for cycling. What is the place of cycling within the broader framework of mobilities research? Where does it sit within the policy framework? What role might it take in the context of sustainable mobility futures?" Later it states that "With cycling increasingly being promoted in car-dominated societies as a solution to numerous social problems across a wide range of policy areas, this book helps to open up a new field of cycling studies."