2nd Edition

An Introduction to Political Geography Space, Place and Politics

276 Pages 30 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

276 Pages 30 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

276 Pages 30 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

An Introduction to Political Geography continues to provide a broad-based introduction to contemporary political geography for students following undergraduate degree courses in geography and related subjects. The text explores the full breadth of contemporary political geography, covering not only traditional concerns such as the state, geopolitics, electoral geography and... Read more

1. Power, Space and Political Geography  Part 1: Political Geographies of the State  2. States and Territories  3. The State’s Changing Forms and Functions  4. Place, Participation and Citizenship  Part 2: Politics, Place and Identity  5. The Political Geographies of the Nation  6. Contesting Place  7. Geographies of Representation and Mobilisation  Part 3: Global Challenges  8. Geographies of Empire  9. Political Geographies of Globalisation  10. Political Geography and the Environment  Part 4: Practicing Political Geography  11. Public Policy and Political Geography  12. Geopolitics and Critical Geopolitics  13. Conclusion

Biography

Martin Jones, Professor in the Department of Geography, University of Sheffield, UK.

Rhys Jones, Mark Whitehead, Mike Woods, all Professors in the Department of Geography and Earth Sciences at Aberystwyth University, UK.

Deborah Dixon, Professor of Geography in the School of Geographical and Earth Sciences, University of Glasgow, UK.

Matthew Hannah, Professor, Fakultät II (Bio-Chem-Geo), University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany.