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More copies of this ISBN:Political Geography: World-Economy, Nation-State and Localityby Colin Flint
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:We live in a rapidly changing world in which politics is becoming both more and less predictable at the same time: this makes it a particularly exciting topic to study. To make sense of the continuities and disruptions within this political world requires a strongly focused yet flexible text. This new (fifth) edition of Peter Taylor’s seminal Political Geography proves itself fit for the task of coping with a frequently and rapidly changing geo-political landscape. Co-authored again with Colin Flint, it retains the intellectual clarity, rigour and vision of previous editions, based upon its world-systems approach. At the same time new theories and approaches are blended into established frameworks to provide more nuanced ways of understanding political geography today. Additionally, coverage of topical political issues in a clear and accessible format provides both a twenty-first century feel and stimulating material for students to engage with.
Reflecting the backdrop of the world against which it is written - this is the Empire and war on terrorism edition in which the processes of globalization are discussed in relation to the violent practices of terrorism and counter-terrorism.
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This fifth edition remains a core text for students of political geography, geopolitics, international relations and political science, as well as more broadly across human geography and the social sciences.
Colin Flint is Associate Professor of Geography at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Peter Taylor is Professor of Geography at Loughborough University
Table of ContentsTips for reading this book Preface to the fifth edition Acknowledgements
1 A world-systems approach to political geography Making sense of an age of “Empire” World-systems analysis Dimensions of a historical system Power Power and politics in the world-economy A political geography perspective on the world-economy
2 Geopolitics revived What is geopolitics? Past, present and future Geopolitical codes and world orders Situating geopolitical codes and theories The War on Terrorism: Geopolitical transition and world order
3 Geography of imperialisms The revolutionary heritage Formal imperialism: the creation of empires Informal imperialism: dominance without empire Empirein the twenty-first century
4 Territorial states The making of the world political map The nature of the states Territorial states under conditions of globalization
5 Nation and nationalism The ideological heritage Nationalism in practice Modern theories of nationalism Renegotiating the nation? Synthesis: the power of nationalism
6 Rethinking electoral geography The liberal heritage Liberal democracy in the core Elections beyond the core
7 Locality politics Theoretical foundations Localities matter A new theory of politics in localities Localities and the War on Terrorism Political geography of world cities
8 Place and identity politics Three key concepts of political geography Theorizing political action in politics Modernity and the politics of identity Identity politics and the institutions of the capitalist world-economy Beyond globalization and Empire
Glossary Bibliography Index
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