Do we make the world as we like it?

How much Pippi Longstocking is in us? Wouldn't it be wonderful at times to see and shape things differently with a little courage and imagination? The perspective from which we view the world and our willingness to question previous ways of thinking and conventional ideas are crucial for our understanding of the world and its malleability. This social geography reader closely examines specific social and spatial phenomena: neighborhoods and their lost integration potential, disadvantaged areas and their impact on children's learning, public spaces and the conflicts between youth and other users, or increasing migration movements. With a social geographical perspective of appropriation, the world or spaces are seen as both the result and a means for actions. The reader is divided into three main sections.