Political geography
Blacksell, Mark, 1942-
Political geography [electronic resource] / Mark Blacksell. - London ; New York : Routledge, 2006. - xii, 244 p. : ill., maps. - Routledge contemporary human geography series .
Includes bibliographic references and index.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [218]-230) and index
Placing political geography -- Human territoriality, maps, and the division of space -- The idea of the state -- Making states work: the variety of local state systems -- The politics of difference -- Civil society, pressure groups, and political parties -- Electoral geographies -- Imagining natural divisions of global power -- Dreams into action: the making of national foreign policy -- Annexing the oceans -- Globalisation and the theory of world systems -- International government and the modern state -- Conclusion: the shape of things to come.
A stimulating and concise introduction to the key themes of the subdiscipline, which moves beyond the study of the state to encompass the spatial consequences of power at all levels.
0415246679 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0415246687 (softcover : alk. paper)
2005006198
Political geography.
JC319 / .B575 2006
320.1/2
Political geography [electronic resource] / Mark Blacksell. - London ; New York : Routledge, 2006. - xii, 244 p. : ill., maps. - Routledge contemporary human geography series .
Includes bibliographic references and index.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [218]-230) and index
Placing political geography -- Human territoriality, maps, and the division of space -- The idea of the state -- Making states work: the variety of local state systems -- The politics of difference -- Civil society, pressure groups, and political parties -- Electoral geographies -- Imagining natural divisions of global power -- Dreams into action: the making of national foreign policy -- Annexing the oceans -- Globalisation and the theory of world systems -- International government and the modern state -- Conclusion: the shape of things to come.
A stimulating and concise introduction to the key themes of the subdiscipline, which moves beyond the study of the state to encompass the spatial consequences of power at all levels.
0415246679 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0415246687 (softcover : alk. paper)
2005006198
Political geography.
JC319 / .B575 2006
320.1/2