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UNINA9910831191303321 |
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Titolo |
Geographies of power : placing scale / / edited by Andrew Herod and Melissa W. Wright |
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Malden, Massachusetts : , : Blackwell Publishers, , [2002] |
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©2002 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-31035-2 |
9786611310356 |
0-470-70372-5 |
0-470-77340-5 |
0-470-77520-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (330 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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World politics - 1995-2005 |
Terrorism - United States |
September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 |
International relations |
Globalization |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Acknowledgments; List of Contributors; List of Figures; Placing Scale: An Introduction; Part I: Theorizing Scale; Introduction: Theorizing Scale; 1 Beyond Global vs. Local: Economic Politics Outside the Binary Frame; 2 The Urban as an Object of Study in Global Cities Literatures: Representational Practices and Conceptions of Place and Scale; 3 "Globalization," the "Regulation Approach," and the Politics of Scale; 4 Retheorizing the Scale of Globalization: Topologies, Actor-networks, and Cosmopolitanism; Part II: Rhetorics of Scale; Introduction: Rhetorics of Scale |
5 "Adventure Travel for the MindR": Analyzing the United States Virtual Trade Mission's Promotion of Globalization through Discourse and Corporate Media Strategies6 Popular Culture, Academic Discourse, and the Incongruities of Scale; 7 Maintaining National Identity at the Border: Scale, Masculinity, and the Policing of Immigration in Southern |
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California; Part III: Scales of Praxis; Introduction: Scales of Praxis; 8 Contested Land |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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At a time when references to things 'global' have gained more currency than ever, this book explores the nexus of power and space behind the politics of geographical scale.:.; Explores the nexus of power and space behind the rescaling of contemporary social, economic and political life.; Organized into three sections on theorizing scale, the discourses and rhetorics of scale, and scales of activism.; Will stimulate discussion about how conceptions and visions of scale inform all aspects of social life. |
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