Agnew

A Companion to Political Geography

Herausgeber: Agnew, John A; Toal, Gerard; Mitchell, Katharyne

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Produktbeschreibung

"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.

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A Companion to Political Geography presents students and researchers with a substantial survey of this active and vibrant field. The volume contains specially written essays by prominent scholars from around the world and covers a wide variety of crucial themes in contemporary critical political geography. Each contributor not only charts the important work that has been done in the past, but also helps to define directions for future research. The material is organized thematically, but within this structure key debates and controversies are addressed from a range of theoretical viewpoints, including the most cutting edge. In this way, the Companion not only introduces the best thinking on political-geographic issues, but also supplies readers with a sense of the relevance and possibilities of the subject.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• Seitenzahl: 512
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. November 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 874g
• ISBN-13: 9781405175647
• ISBN-10: 1405175648
• Artikelnr.: 22961056

Autorenporträt

John Agnew is Professor of Geography at UCLA. His books include Human Geography (Blackwell, 1996), The United States in the World Economy, and The Geography of the World Economy. Katharyne Mitchell is Associate Professor at the University of Washington. Gerard Toal (Gearóid Ó Tuathail) is Professor of Geography at Virginia Tech in Northern Virginia. His books include Critical Geopolitics and The Geopolitics Reader.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: Modes of Thinking.

Part II: Essentially Contested Concepts.

Part III: Critical Geopolitics.

Part IV: States, Territory, Identity.

Part V: Geographies of Political and Social Movements.

Part VI: Geographies of Environmental Politics.

Rezensionen

"This book brings together some of the best writers currentlyworking in political geography. It offers a wonderful array ofchallenging and provocative ideas. It pushes the boundaries of thesubject by engaging with many of the key debates in contemporarysocial and political theory and research. Agnew, Mitchell and Toalare to be congratulated on setting an exciting and innovativeagenda for the development of political geography in the future."
Joe Painter, University of Durham

"This is a book that simply exudes authority. It is an excellentbuy that will satisfy a broad readership within and outsidepolitical geography from advanced undergraduate levelupwards."
Simon Barrett, Reference Reviews

"I encourage anyone with an interest in political geography topurchase this book... There is a need for more books like this inpolitical geography."
Progress in Human Geography