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//-->AN INTRODUCTION TO POLITICALGEOGRAPHY‘This innovative book is an excellent introduction to contemporary political geography. Its threefoldstructure provides valuable routes into material covering both current theoretical debates and illuminatingcase studies. It is up-to-date in every sense and enables students to appreciate the discipline’s approachesthrough accessible exemplars.’Ron Johnston,University of Bristol‘This book is much more than a basic introduction to political geography. It provides a critical, versatilealternative to traditional state-centric narratives in political geography and will be a valuable resourcenot only for political geographers but also for students in such fields as political science and sociology.’Anssi Paasi,University of OuluQuestions of the interaction between politics and geography permeate much of contemporary life. In thisbroad-based introduction to contemporary political geography, the authors examine the relationship betweenpolitics and geography at a variety of levels and in a number of different contexts. By pushing back the boundariesof what is conventionally understood to constitute political geography, the book emphasises the relationshipsbetween power, politics and policy, space, place and territory in different geographical contexts.An Introduction to Political Geographyexplores how power interacts with space, how place influences politicalidentities and how policy creates and remoulds territory. In outlining the full breadth of contemporary politicalgeography, covering a rich and diverse range of topics, it addresses not only traditional concerns such as stateformation, geopolitics, electoral geography and nationalism but also newer themes, including the geographiesof regulation and governance, public policy, the politics of place consumption, landscapes of power, identitypolitics and geographies of resistance.This accessible text successfully combines discussion of cutting-edge conceptual debates with internationalcase studies, numerous illustrations and explanatory boxes.An Introduction to Political Geographywill be essentialreading for political geographers as well as a valuable resource for students of related fields with an interest inpolitics and geography.Martin Jonesis Reader in Human Geography,Rhys Jonesis Lecturer in Human Geography andMichaelWoodsis Senior Lecturer in Human Geography in the Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences at the Universityof Wales Aberystwyth. They all teach on the Master’s degree, Space, Place and Politics.AN INTRODUCTION TOPOLITICAL GEOGRAPHYSpace, place and politicsMartin Jones, Rhys Jones and Michael WoodsFirst published 2004by Routledge11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EESimultaneously published in the USA and Canadaby Routledge29 West 35th Street, New York, NY 10001Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis GroupThis edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2004.© 2004 Martin Jones, Rhys Jones and Michael WoodsAll rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilisedin any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known orhereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any informationstorage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers.British Library Cataloguing in Publication DataA catalogue record for this book is available from the British LibraryLibrary of Congress Cataloging in Publication DataJones, MartinAn introduction to political geography: space, place and politics / Martin Jones,Rhys Jones, Michael Woods.p. cm.Includes bibliographical references and index.1. Political geography. I. Jones, Rhys. II. Woods, Michael. III. Title.JC319.J66 2004320.1′2–dc222003021646ISBN 0-203-62697-4 Master e-book ISBNISBN 0-203-63084-X (Adobe eReader Format)ISBN 0–415–25076–5 (hbk)ISBN 0–415–25077–3 (pbk) [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]