A companion to political geography / / edited by John Agnew, Katharyne Mitchell, and Gerard Toal

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910877451303321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Malden, MA, : Blackwell Publishers, c2003
• ISBN: 1-281-31259-2; 1-78034-100-8; 9786611312596; 0-470-70255-9; 1-4443-3164-7; 0-470-99894-6; 0-470-99893-8
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (510 pages)
• Collana: Blackwell companions to geography ; ; 3
• Altri autori (Persone): AgnewJohn A; MitchellKatharyne; ToalGerard
• Disciplina: 320.1/2
• Soggetti: Political geography
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Geopolitics and environmental determinism / Mark Bassin -- Spatial analysis in political geography / John O'Loughlin -- Radical political geographies / Peter J. Taylor -- Decentering political geography : feminist and postcolonial engagements / Joanne Sharp -- Geopolitical themes and postmodern thought / David Slater -- Power / John Allen -- Territory / Anssi Paasi -- Boundaries / David Newman -- Scale / Richard Howitt -- Place / Lynn Staeheli -- Imperial geopolitics / Gerry Kearns -- Nazi geopolitics / Wolfgang Natter -- Cold war geopolitics / Klaus Dodds -- Postmodern geopolitics / Timothy W. Luke -- Anti-geopolitics / Paul Routledge -- After empire : identities and territorialities in post-Soviet space / Vladimir Kolossov -- Nation-states / Michael Shapiro -- Places of memory / Karen Till -- Boundaries in question / Sankaran Krishna -- Geoeconomincs and transnational governance / Matthew Sparke and Vicki Lawson -- Political parties and elections / Ron Johnson and Chris Patie -- Nationalism / Colin Williams ; -- Religious movements / Scott Appleby -- Rights and citizenship / Eleanor Kofman -- Sexual politics / Jill Valentine -- The geopolitics of nature / Noel Castree. -- Green geopolitics / Simon Dalby -- Environmental justice / Brendan Gleeson and Nicholas Low -- Planetary politics / Karin Litfin.
• Sommario/riassunto: A Companion to Political Geography presents students and researchers with a substantial survey of this active and vibrant field.:.; Introduces the best thinking in contemporary political geography.; Contributions written by scholars whose work has helped to shape the discipline.; Includes work at the cutting edge of the field.; Covers the latest theoretical developments.