03508nam 2200697 450 991083119130332120230228092407.01-281-31035-297866113103560-470-70372-50-470-77340-50-470-77520-3(CKB)1000000000412065(EBL)351158(OCoLC)476170853(SSID)ssj0000297382(PQKBManifestationID)11230017(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000297382(PQKBWorkID)10332717(PQKB)11049691(MiAaPQ)EBC351158(MiAaPQ)EBC7076225(Au-PeEL)EBL7076225(EXLCZ)99100000000041206520230107d2002 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrGeographies of power placing scale /edited by Andrew Herod and Melissa W. WrightMalden, Massachusetts :Blackwell Publishers,[2002]©20021 online resource (330 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-631-22558-7 0-631-22557-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 Scale5 "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 California; Part III: Scales of Praxis; Introduction: Scales of Praxis; 8 Contested LandAt 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.World politics1995-2005TerrorismUnited StatesSeptember 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001International relationsGlobalizationWorld politicsTerrorismSeptember 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.International relations.Globalization.303.482Wright Melissa W.Herod Andrew1964-MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910831191303321Geographies of power999759UNINA