Blacksell, Mark,  1942- <br/><br/>
Political geography  [electronic resource] / 
Mark Blacksell. 
 - London ;  New York :  Routledge,  2006. 
 - xii, 244 p. :  ill., maps. 
 - Routledge contemporary human geography series .
<br/><br/> Includes bibliographic references and index. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [218]-230) and index 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0415246679 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0415246687 (softcover : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2005006198 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Political geography.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>JC319  / .B575 2006 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>320.1/2