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Questions of the interaction between politics and geography permeate much of contemporary life. Providing a broad-based introduction to contemporary political geography, this excellent book examines the inter-relationship between politics and geography. Outlining the full breadth of contemporary ...

Questions of the interaction between politics and geography permeate much of contemporary life. Providing a broad-based introduction to contemporary political geography, this excellent book examines the inter-relationship between politics and geography. Outlining the full breadth of contemporary political geography, and pushing back the boundaries of conventional understandings, authors Jones, Jones and Woods cover a rich and diverse range of topics. They explore:- how power interacts with space- how place influences political identities- how policy creates and remoulds territory.This book addresses not only traditional concerns such as state formation, geopolitics, electoral geography and nationalism, but also newer themes at the cutting-edge of political geography research, including the geographies of regulation and governance, policy formulation and delivery, the politics of place consumption, landscapes of power, identity politics and geographies of resistance.Both an essential text for political geographers and a valuable resource for those studying related fields, this comprehensive text combines discussions of cutting-edge conceptual debates with international case-studies, clarifying illustrations and explanatory boxes.

Mapping Women, Making Politicsdemonstrates the multiple ways in which gender influences political processes and the politics of space. The book begins by addressing feminism's theoretical and conceptual challenges to traditional political geography and than applies these perspectives to a range of ...

Mapping Women, Making Politicsdemonstrates the multiple ways in which gender influences political processes and the politics of space. The book begins by addressing feminism's theoretical and conceptual challenges to traditional political geography and than applies these perspectives to a range of settings and topics including nationalism, migration, development, international relations, elections, social movements, governance and the environment in the Global North and South.

Many of the political problems of the Middle East and North Africa have geographic roots, but material and ideas on spatial relationships in the region have, until now, remained scattered and piecemeal. In this original work, Drysdale and Blake examine the ways in which the geography and politics of ...

Many of the political problems of the Middle East and North Africa have geographic roots, but material and ideas on spatial relationships in the region have, until now, remained scattered and piecemeal. In this original work, Drysdale and Blake examine the ways in which the geography and politics of the region are intertwined, and focus on the evolution and deficiencies of the contemporary political map. Organized around the themes of partition and integration, the discussion covers such timely issues as the Arab-Israeli conflict, Arab unity, the civil war in Lebanon, regional petroleum development, strategic straits, and the Iran-Iraq war. Throughout, this unique book is richly illustrated with specially drawn maps and diagrams.