Political Geography
- Joe Painter - Durham University, UK
- Alex Jeffrey - University of Cambridge, UK
Human Geography (General) | International Relations (General) | Political Geography
"A very good overview. Covers the key topics well and in an accessible and engaging style."
- Dr Daniel Hammett, Department of Geography, Sheffield University
This is a revised and updated edition of a core undergraduate resource for political geography. Focusing on the social and cultural while systematically overviewing the entire discipline, Joe Painter and Alex Jeffrey explain:
- Politics, geography, and 'political' geography: power, resources, institutions, and the history of the field
- State formation: classical views alongside recent work on governance and governmentality
- Welfare to workfare state: the restructuring of present state strategies
- Democracy, citizenship and law: different models of democracy in European and global contexts
- Identity and social movements: the relation between identity and political action
- Nationalism and regionalism: ethnicity, national identity and "otherness"
- Imperialism and post-colonialism: from world systems theory to post-structuralist accounts
- Geopolitics: the political, economic, and strategic significance of geography.
Comprehensive, accessible and illustrated with real world examples, Political Geography provides undergraduates with a thorough understanding of the relationship between geography and politics.
A very good overview. Covers the key topics well and in an accessible and engaging style.
A well written text book.
The First Edition was published in 1995 by Hodder Arnold.
This Second Edition has been updated throughout to reflect changes in policy since 1995. All chapters have been revised.
Number of chapters expanded from 6 to 9. There's also a new chapter (4) on 'Democracy, Citizenship and Elections'.
