1st Edition

How John Agnew Transformed Geographic Thinking The Territorial Trap and Beyond

Edited By Michael Shin Copyright 2027
234 Pages 13 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book explores the intellectual legacy of John Agnew, one of geography’s most influential thinkers of the past 50 years. It examines Agnew’s transformative thinking on geopolitics, territory, place, and context, demonstrating how his ideas reshaped political geography and continue to inform contemporary scholarship across geography, political science, and international relations. Through a... Read more
  1. John Agnew's Spaces, Places, and Contexts 2. Shedding New Light on Geography's Relevance to Politics: The Impact of John Agnew's Scholarship and Career 3. The Historical Dimension in John Agnew's Geography 4. Master-Apprentice and Mastering Space: Working with John Agnew 5. John Agnew's Critical Theorizations of Geopolitics 6. To the Ends of the Earth: The U.S. Coast Guard and Extraterritorial Drug Interdiction at Sea 7. John Agnew and Context in Political Geography 8. The Geographic Polarization of Party Support in Canada: 2006-2021 9. Revisiting the Geographical Mediations of State and Society in Scotland 10. Beyond Boundaries: John Agnew's Contributions to Understanding the Human-Environment Nexus 11. Regions, Territories and Borders as (Geo)Political Traps and Modalities of Consciousness 12. Mentorship, Intellectual Rigor, and the Art of Being a Scholar: Lessons from John Agnew 13. Final Thoughts

 

Biography

Michael Shin is a Professor of Geography at the University of California, Los Angeles, United States