Political Geography: A Reader (Readers in Geography) [Paperback]

John Agnew (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 15, 1996 | ISBN-10: 0340677430 | ISBN-13: 978-0340677438

Political geography concerns the processes involved in creating the uneven distribution of power and the consequences for human populations. This reader is designed as an introduction to the major substantive areas of contemporary political geography and to the competing theoretical perspectives employed to interrogate them. The full range of theoretical perspectives are presented and integrated with empirical material allowing students to engage with theoretical controversies using concrete examples.

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From the Publisher

Political geography is concerned with the uneven distribution of political power across the world, the processes that create such an imbalance, and the consequences for human populations. This book examines political geography in terms of substantive themes--nationalism and ethnic conflict, geopolitics, geographies of political and social movements--and competing theoretical perspectives--spatial analysis, political, economic, and postmodern. Integrates theoretical approaches with empirical material. Offers unbiased coverage of various particular theoretical perspectives. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

John Agnew, Professor of Geography, University of California.

Product Details

• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Hodder Education Publishers (November 15, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0340677430
• ISBN-13: 978-0340677438
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,208,530 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)