Geographies of power [[electronic resource] ] : placing scale / / edited by Andrew Herod and Melissa W. Wright

• Pubblicazione: Malden, MA, : Blackwell Publishers, 2002
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (330 p.)
• Disciplina: 303.48/2; 306.2
• Soggetto topico: September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001; Terrorism - United States; Globalization; International relations; World politics - 1995-2005
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: HerodAndrew <1964-> WrightMelissa W
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 California; Part III: Scales of Praxis; Introduction: Scales of Praxis; 8 Contested Land
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Geographies of power
• ISBN: 1-281-31035-2; 9786611310356; 0-470-70372-5; 0-470-77340-5; 0-470-77520-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910145747403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II