Political Geography
- ISBN-10
- 1446244350
- ISBN-13
- 9781446244357
- Series
- Political Geography
- Category
- Political Science
- Pages
- 248
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009-02-06
- Publisher
- SAGE
- Authors
- Joe Painter, Alex Jeffrey
Description
"A very good overview. Covers the key topics well and in an accessible and engaging style." - Dr Daniel Hammett, Department of Geography, Sheffield University This is a revised and updated edition of a core undergraduate resource for political geography. Focusing on the social and cultural while systematically overviewing the entire discipline, Joe Painter and Alex Jeffrey explain: Politics, geography, and 'political' geography: power, resources, institutions, and the history of the field State formation: classical views alongside recent work on governance and governmentality Welfare to workfare state: the restructuring of present state strategies Democracy, citizenship and law: different models of democracy in European and global contexts Identity and social movements: the relation between identity and political action Nationalism and regionalism: ethnicity, national identity and "otherness" Imperialism and post-colonialism: from world systems theory to post-structuralist accounts Geopolitics: the political, economic, and strategic significance of geography. Comprehensive, accessible and illustrated with real world examples, Political Geography provides undergraduates with a thorough understanding of the relationship between geography and politics.
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- 2020-12-22
- 474 pages
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- P.I.E-Peter Lang S.A., Editions Scientifiques Internationales
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