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The so-called ?'spatial turn?' in the social sciences has led to an
increased interest in what can be called the spatialities of power,
or the ways in which power as a medium for achieving goals is
related to where it takes place. This unique and intriguing
Handbook argues that the spatiality of power is never singular and
easily modeled according to straightforward theoretical
bullet-points, but instead is best approached as plural,
contextually emergent and relational. The Handbook on the
Geographies of Power consists of a series of cutting edge chapters
written by a diverse range of leading geographers working both
within and beyond political geography. It is organized thematically
into the main areas in which contemporary work on the geographies
of power is concentrated: bodies, economy, environment and energy,
and war. The Handbook maintains a careful connection between theory
and empirics, making it a valuable read for students, researchers
and scholars in the fields of political and human geography. It
will also appeal to social scientists more generally who are
interested in contemporary conceptions of power. Contributors
include: J. Agnew, J. Allen, I. Ashutosh, J. Barkan, N. Bauch, L.
Bhungalia, G. Boyce, B. Braun, M. Brown, P. Carmody, N. Clark, M.
Coleman, A. Dixon, V. Gidwani, N. Gordon, M. Hird, P. Hubbard, J.
Hyndman, J. Loyd, A. Moore, L. Muscara, N. Perugini, C. Rasmussen,
P. Steinberg, K. Strauss, S. Wakefield, K. Yusoff
The so-called ?'spatial turn?' in the social sciences has led to an
increased interest in what can be called the spatialities of power,
or the ways in which power as a medium for achieving goals is
related to where it takes place. This unique and intriguing
Handbook argues that the spatiality of power is never singular and
easily modeled according to straightforward theoretical
bullet-points, but instead is best approached as plural,
contextually emergent and relational. The Handbook on the
Geographies of Power consists of a series of cutting edge chapters
written by a diverse range of leading geographers working both
within and beyond political geography. It is organized thematically
into the main areas in which contemporary work on the geographies
of power is concentrated: bodies, economy, environment and energy,
and war. The Handbook maintains a careful connection between theory
and empirics, making it a valuable read for students, researchers
and scholars in the fields of political and human geography. It
will also appeal to social scientists more generally who are
interested in contemporary conceptions of power. Contributors
include: J. Agnew, J. Allen, I. Ashutosh, J. Barkan, N. Bauch, L.
Bhungalia, G. Boyce, B. Braun, M. Brown, P. Carmody, N. Clark, M.
Coleman, A. Dixon, V. Gidwani, N. Gordon, M. Hird, P. Hubbard, J.
Hyndman, J. Loyd, A. Moore, L. Muscara, N. Perugini, C. Rasmussen,
P. Steinberg, K. Strauss, S. Wakefield, K. Yusoff
Routledge Library Editions: The City reprints some of the most
important works in urban studies published in the last century. For
further information on this collection please email
[email protected].
The word ‘territory’ has taken on renewed significance in a
world where its close association with state sovereignty has made a
serious comeback, invoked alike by proponents of Brexit in the UK,
‘Making America Great Again’ in the USA, and myriad populists
from India to Brazil by way of Italy and Hungary. The word has had
a contentious history in social science and political theory. In
its first seven years, the journal Territory, Politics, Governance
has published numerous articles examining the ways in which
territory figures into contemporary political debates and its
limits as a concept when applied to a world in which sovereignty
never has simply pooled up within self-evidently distinctive blocs
of space named as ‘territories.’ Among other things, the limits
of territory are apparent in terms of the history of a global
capitalism that always bursts beyond established boundaries, the
fact that some states are much more powerful and exercise much more
spatial reach than do others, and that the political uses of
territory in its current usage date back predominantly to
seventeenth century Europe rather than being historically
transcendental or worldwide. The articles in this book are selected
from Territory, Politics, Governance to survey many of the dilemmas
and questions that haunt the concept of territory even as its
current efflorescence in political discourse ignores them.
The word 'territory' has taken on renewed significance in a world
where its close association with state sovereignty has made a
serious comeback, invoked alike by proponents of Brexit in the UK,
'Making America Great Again' in the USA, and myriad populists from
India to Brazil by way of Italy and Hungary. The word has had a
contentious history in social science and political theory. In its
first seven years, the journal Territory, Politics, Governance has
published numerous articles examining the ways in which territory
figures into contemporary political debates and its limits as a
concept when applied to a world in which sovereignty never has
simply pooled up within self-evidently distinctive blocs of space
named as 'territories.' Among other things, the limits of territory
are apparent in terms of the history of a global capitalism that
always bursts beyond established boundaries, the fact that some
states are much more powerful and exercise much more spatial reach
than do others, and that the political uses of territory in its
current usage date back predominantly to seventeenth century Europe
rather than being historically transcendental or worldwide. The
articles in this book are selected from Territory, Politics,
Governance to survey many of the dilemmas and questions that haunt
the concept of territory even as its current efflorescence in
political discourse ignores them.
For over two hundred years the domination of some countries by
others has been intrinsic to international relations, with national
economic and political strength viewed as essential to a nation's
survival and global position. Mastering Space identifies the
essential features of this "state-centredness" and suggests an
optimistic alternative more in keeping with the contemporary
post-Cold War climate. Drawing on recent geopolitical thinking, the
authors claim that the dynamism of the international political
economy has been obscured through excessive attention on the state
as an unchanging actor. Dealing with such topical issues as Japan's
rise to economic dominance and America's perceived decline, as well
as the global impact of continued geographical change, the book
discusses the role of geographical organization in the global
political economy, and the impact of increasing economic
globalisation and political fragmentation in future international
relations. The authors identify the present time as crucial to the
global political economy, and explore the possibilities of moving
the world from mastering space to real reciprocity between peoples
and places. John Agnew is a Professor of Geography at the Maxwell
School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University.
Stuart Corbridge is a lecturer in Geography at the University of
Cambridge and a Fellow of Sidney Sussex College.
Reflecting the revival of interest in a social theory that takes
place and space seriously, this book focuses on geographical place
in the practice of social science and history. There is significant
interest among scholars from a range of disciplines in bringing
together the geographical and sociological 'imaginations'. The
geographical imagination is a concrete and descriptive one,
concerned with determining the nature of places, and classifying
them and the links between them. The sociological imagination
aspires to explanation of human activities in terms of abstract
social processes. The chapters in this book focus on both the
intellectual histories of the concept of place and on its empirical
uses. They show that place is as important for understanding
contemporary America as it is for 18th-century Sri Lanka. They also
show how the concept can provide insight into 'old' problems such
as the nature of social life in Renaissance Florence and Venice.
The editors are leading exponents of the view of place as a concept
that can 'mediate' the geographical and sociological imaginations.
This volume has as its focus the role of the Marshall Plan as both
a force in the transformation of European Economic practices and a
stimulus to political integration in Europe. This organizing theme
is framed in terms of two other issues that are central to
contemporary debates in international political economy and
geopolitical studies: the origins and development of the Cold War,
and the growing globalisation of the world economy. In relating the
Marshall Plan to these issues, this book goes beyond the typical
diplomatic history approach to place the Plan in the context of
both the political economy of late twentieth-century Europe, and
the impact of American models of business and government that came
with the Plan.
Bringing together theoretical and empirical research from 22
countries in Europe, North America, Australia, South America and
Japan, this book offers a state-of-the-art survey of conceptual and
methodological research and planning issues relating to landscape,
heritage, [and] development. It has 30 chapters grouped in four
main thematic sections: landscapes as a constitutive dimension of
territorial identities; landscape history and landscape heritage;
landscapes as development assets and resources; and landscape
research and development planning. The contributors are scholars
from a wide range of cultural and professional backgrounds,
experienced in fundamental and applied research, planning and
policy design. They were invited by the co-editors to write
chapters for this book on the basis of the theoretical frameworks,
case-study research findings and related policy concerns they
presented at the 23rd Session of PECSRL - The Permanent European
Conference for the Study of the Rural Landscape, organized by
TERCUD - Territory, Culture and Development Research Centre,
Universidade LusA(3)fona, in Lisbon and A"bidos, Portugal, 1 - 5
September 2008. With such broad inter-disciplinary relevance and
international scope, this book provides a valuable overview,
highlighting recent findings and interpretations on historical,
current and prospective linkages between changing landscapes and
natural, economic, cultural and other identity features of places
and regions; landscape-related identities as local and regional
development assets and resources in the era of globalized economy
and culture; the role of landscape history and heritage as
platforms of landscape research and management in European
contexts, including the implementation of The European Landscape
Convention; and, the strengthening of the landscape perspective as
a constitutive element of sustainable development.
This volume has as its focus the role of the Marshall Plan as both
a force in the transformation of European Economic practices and a
stimulus to political integration in Europe. This organizing theme
is framed in terms of two other issues that are central to
contemporary debates in international political economy and
geopolitical studies: the origins and development of the Cold War,
and the growing globalisation of the world economy. In relating the
Marshall Plan to these issues, this book goes beyond the typical
diplomatic history approach to place the Plan in the context of
both the political economy of late twentieth-century Europe, and
the impact of American models of business and government that came
with the Plan.
Contents: 1. Introduction 2. Visualizing Global Space 3. Turning Time into Space 4. A World of Territorial States 5. Pursuing Primacy 6. The Three Ages of Geopolitics 7. A New Age of "Global" Geopolitics? 8. Conclusion
Bringing together theoretical and empirical research from 22
countries in Europe, North America, Australia, South America and
Japan, this book offers a state-of-the-art survey of conceptual and
methodological research and planning issues relating to landscape,
heritage, [and] development. It has 30 chapters grouped in four
main thematic sections: landscapes as a constitutive dimension of
territorial identities; landscape history and landscape heritage;
landscapes as development assets and resources; and landscape
research and development planning. The contributors are scholars
from a wide range of cultural and professional backgrounds,
experienced in fundamental and applied research, planning and
policy design. They were invited by the co-editors to write
chapters for this book on the basis of the theoretical frameworks,
case-study research findings and related policy concerns they
presented at the 23rd Session of PECSRL - The Permanent European
Conference for the Study of the Rural Landscape, organized by
TERCUD - Territory, Culture and Development Research Centre,
Universidade LusA(3)fona, in Lisbon and A"bidos, Portugal, 1 - 5
September 2008. With such broad inter-disciplinary relevance and
international scope, this book provides a valuable overview,
highlighting recent findings and interpretations on historical,
current and prospective linkages between changing landscapes and
natural, economic, cultural and other identity features of places
and regions; landscape-related identities as local and regional
development assets and resources in the era of globalized economy
and culture; the role of landscape history and heritage as
platforms of landscape research and management in European
contexts, including the implementation of The European Landscape
Convention; and, the strengthening of the landscape perspective as
a constitutive element of sustainable development.
The Geography of the World Economy provides an in-depth and
stimulating introduction to the globalization of the world economy.
The book offers a consideration of local, regional, national and
global economic development over the long historical term. The
theory and practice of economic and political geography provide a
basis for understanding the interactions within and among the
developed and developing countries of the world. Illustrated in
color throughout, this new edition has been completely reworked and
updated to take account of recent significant changes in the world
economy. A new companion website also accompanies the book, with
additional resources for each chapter including multiple choice and
short essay questions and links to relevant websites. Figures and
tables are also available for download located at
www.routledge.com/cw/knox The text is signposted throughout with an
glossary of key terms, and is richly illustrated with full-color
maps, diagrams and illustrations. It is ideal for upper level
university undergraduates and for post-graduates in a variety of
specializations including geography, economics, political science,
international relations and global studies.
Reflecting the revival of interest in a social theory that takes
place and space seriously, this book focuses on geographical place
in the practice of social science and history. There is significant
interest among scholars from a range of disciplines in bringing
together the geographical and sociological 'imaginations'. The
geographical imagination is a concrete and descriptive one,
concerned with determining the nature of places, and classifying
them and the links between them. The sociological imagination
aspires to explanation of human activities in terms of abstract
social processes. The chapters in this book focus on both the
intellectual histories of the concept of place and on its empirical
uses. They show that place is as important for understanding
contemporary America as it is for 18th-century Sri Lanka. They also
show how the concept can provide insight into 'old' problems such
as the nature of social life in Renaissance Florence and Venice.
The editors are leading exponents of the view of place as a concept
that can 'mediate' the geographical and sociological imaginations.
Routledge Library Editions: The City reprints some of the most
important works in urban studies published in the last century. For
further information on this collection please email
[email protected].
First published in 1987, The United States in the World-Economy is
a major textbook survey of the rise of the United States within the
world-economy and the causes of its relative decline. With the USA
being the dominant state in the contemporary world-economy, it is
vital to understand how it got to where it is and how it responds
to global economic crises. Professor Agnew emphasises the divergent
experiences of different regions within the USA and in so doing
provides a significant 'new' regional geography, tracing the
historical evolution of the world-economy and assessing the
contemporary impact of the world-economy upon and within it. No
treatment prior to this work covered the subject with equivalent
breadth and theoretical acuity and the guiding politico-economic
framework provides a coherent radical perspective within which the
author undertakes specific regional and historical analysis. The
United States in the World-Economy will prove required reading for
numerous courses in regional geography, area studies and the
geography of the United States.
Throughout history, state has dominated state. Even in the New World Order of the post Cold War, the objective is mastery, not reciprocity. Mastering space maps new paths out of the tangle of international relations. By employing a geographical perspective, the book integrates the political and economic dimensions of global relations, and rediscovers the dynamism of international political economy. Tracing the evolution of the international economy since 1800,the authors question "state centredness" in the context of increasing economic globalisation and political fragmentation. Mastering Space addresses the changes in the organization of the world's political economy, and challenges the assumption that mastery of peoples and places is intrinsic to global development. John Agnew is a Professor of Geography at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University. Stuart Corbridge is a lecturer in Geography at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Sidney Sussex College. eBook available with sample pages: 0203422384
The Geography of the World Economy provides an in-depth and
stimulating introduction to the globalization of the world economy.
The book offers a consideration of local, regional, national and
global economic development over the long historical term. The
theory and practice of economic and political geography provide a
basis for understanding the interactions within and among the
developed and developing countries of the world. Illustrated in
color throughout, this new edition has been completely reworked and
updated to take account of recent significant changes in the world
economy. A new companion website also accompanies the book, with
additional resources for each chapter including multiple choice and
short essay questions and links to relevant websites. Figures and
tables are also available for download located at
www.routledge.com/cw/knox The text is signposted throughout with an
glossary of key terms, and is richly illustrated with full-color
maps, diagrams and illustrations. It is ideal for upper level
university undergraduates and for post-graduates in a variety of
specializations including geography, economics, political science,
international relations and global studies.
Despite challenges to its domination, the way modern-world politics is conducted is structured by a set of understandings about the way the world works which date back to the rise of the European powers. Geopolitics explores how today's world politics stems from Europeans rising to a position of global power and imposing their ways and views on others. They did this through visualising the world as a whole, defining world regions as modern or backward, seeing the nation statehood as the highest and best form of political organisation and viewing world politics as the outcome of the pursuit of primacy by competing states. John Agnew explores the elements of geographical imagination and how they have come together in different historical and modern epochs. The new edition examines the implications of recent world events such as September 11th, continued expansion of the EU and NATO, the near bankruptcy and failure of various states and the re-ignition of the Israeli-Palestine conflict on such a world view. Geopolitics provides a lucid analysis of how world politics has come to be practised the way it has, identifying and arguing for an alternative, given the costs visited on the world in 20th century, by the practice of the modern geographical imagination.
Geopolitics is not dead, but nor does it involve the same old logic
of a world determined by physical geography in a competition
between Great Powers. Hidden Geopolitics recaptures the term to
explore how the geography of power works both globally and
nationally to structure and govern the workings of the global
political economy. Globalization, far from its antithesis, is
tightly wound up in the assumptions and practices of geopolitics,
relating to the scope of regulatory authority, state sponsorship,
and the political power of businesses to operate worldwide. Agnew
shows how this "hidden" geopolitics and globalization have been
vitally connected. He focuses on three moments: the origins of
contemporary globalization in the policies pursued by successive US
governments and allies after 1945 and its continued relevance even
as the US role in the world changes; the close connection between
geopolitical history and status of different countries and their
relative capacities to exploit the possibilities and limit the
costs of globalization; and new regulatory and standard-setting
agencies which emerged under the sponsorship of major geopolitical
powers but have grown in power and authority as the dominant states
have become limited in their ability to manage the explosion of
transnational transactions on their own. Agnew argues that it is
time to move on from the narrow inter-imperial cast of geopolitics
and the foolish policy advice it produces. The old perspective on
geopolitics has taken on new life with the rise of
national-populist movements in Europe and the United States and the
reinvigoration of territorial-authoritarian regimes in Russia and
China. Notwithstanding this trend, we must see the contemporary
world through the lens of these complex, "hidden" geopolitical
underpinnings that Agnew seeks to expose.
A refreshingly innovative approach to charting geographical
knowledge. A wide range of authors trace the social construction
and contestation of geographical ideas through the sites of their
production and their relational geographies of engagement. This
creative and comprehensive book offers an extremely valuable tool
to professionals and students alike. - Victoria Lawson, University
of Washington "A Handbook that recasts geograph's history in
original, thought-provoking ways. Eschewing the usual chronological
march through leading figures and big ideas, it looks at geography
against the backdrop of the places and institutional contexts where
it has been produced, and the social-cum-intellectual currents
underlying some of its most important concepts." - Alexander B.
Murphy, University of Oregon The SAGE Handbook of Geographical
Knowledge is a critical inquiry into how geography as a field of
knowledge has been produced, re-produced, and re-imagined. It
comprises three sections on geographical orientations, geography's
venues, and critical geographical concepts and controversies. The
first provides an overview of the genealogy of "geography". The
second highlights the types of spatial settings and locations in
which geographical knowledge has been produced. The third focuses
on venues of primary importance in the historical geography of
geographical thought. Orientations includes chapters on: Geography
- the Genealogy of a Term; Geography's Narratives and Intellectual
History Geography's Venues includes chapters on: Field; Laboratory;
Observatory; Archive; Centre of Calculation; Mission Station;
Battlefield; Museum; Public Sphere; Subaltern Space; Financial
Space; Art Studio; Botanical/Zoological Gardens; Learned Societies
Critical concepts and controversies - includes chapters on:
Environmental Determinism; Region; Place; Nature and Culture;
Development; Conservation; Geopolitics; Landscape; Time; Cycle of
Erosion; Time; Gender; Race/Ethnicity; Social Class; Spatial
Analysis; Glaciation; Ice Ages; Map; Climate Change; Urban/Rural.
Comprehensive without claiming to be encyclopedic, textured and
nuanced, this Handbook will be a key resource for all researchers
with an interest in the pasts, presents and futures of geography.
Geopolitics is not dead, but nor does it involve the same old logic
of a world determined by physical geography in a competition
between Great Powers. Hidden Geopolitics recaptures the term to
explore how the geography of power works both globally and
nationally to structure and govern the workings of the global
political economy. Globalization, far from its antithesis, is
tightly wound up in the assumptions and practices of geopolitics,
relating to the scope of regulatory authority, state sponsorship,
and the political power of businesses to operate worldwide. Agnew
shows how this "hidden" geopolitics and globalization have been
vitally connected. He focuses on three moments: the origins of
contemporary globalization in the policies pursued by successive US
governments and allies after 1945 and its continued relevance even
as the US role in the world changes; the close connection between
geopolitical history and status of different countries and their
relative capacities to exploit the possibilities and limit the
costs of globalization; and new regulatory and standard-setting
agencies which emerged under the sponsorship of major geopolitical
powers but have grown in power and authority as the dominant states
have become limited in their ability to manage the explosion of
transnational transactions on their own. Agnew argues that it is
time to move on from the narrow inter-imperial cast of geopolitics
and the foolish policy advice it produces. The old perspective on
geopolitics has taken on new life with the rise of
national-populist movements in Europe and the United States and the
reinvigoration of territorial-authoritarian regimes in Russia and
China. Notwithstanding this trend, we must see the contemporary
world through the lens of these complex, "hidden" geopolitical
underpinnings that Agnew seeks to expose.
This provocative and important text offers a new way of thinking
about sovereignty, both past and present. Distinguished geographer
John Agnew boldly challenges the widely popular story that state
sovereignty is in worldwide eclipse in the face of the overwhelming
processes of globalization. He argues that this perception relies
on ideas about sovereignty and globalization that are both
overstated and misleading. Agnew contends that sovereignty-state
control and authority over space is not necessarily neatly
contained in state-by-state territories, nor has it ever been so.
Yet the dominant image of globalization is the replacement of a
territorialized world by one of networks and flows that know no
borders other than those that define the Earth itself. In
challenging this image, Agnew first traces the ways in which it has
become commonplace. He then develops a new way of thinking about
the geography of effective sovereignty and the various geographical
forms in which sovereignty actually operates in the world, offering
an exciting intellectual framework that breaks with the either/or
thinking of state sovereignty versus globalization.
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