ABSTRACT
This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book examines the global governance apparatuses that regulate air travel to produce variegated mobilities among nations, thereby frustrating equal aeromobile opportunities and the mobility rights of populations in the Global South. It focuses on governance of Syrian refugees fleeing civil war through bordering practices that attempt to curtail their mobility. The book discusses governance of mobility through transportation planning in the United States. It argues that planners usually approach mobility provision as a policy problem involving safety, cost and adequate infrastructure without considering the power relations exercised through decision-making processes. The book also examines the relationship between food mobilities and social justice in the context of surplus food redistribution processes between businesses and charities in the United Kingdom.
