The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Political Geography (Wiley Blackwell Companions to Geography)

The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Political Geography aims to account for the intellectual and worldly developments that have taken place in and around political geography in the last 10 years. Bringing together established names in the field as well as new scholars, it highlights provocative theoretical and conceptual debates on political geography from a range of global perspectives. Discusses the latest developments and places increased emphasis on modes of thinking, contested key concepts, and on geopolitics, climate change and terrorism Explores the influence of the practice-based methods in geography and concepts including postcolonialism, feminist geographies, the notion of the Anthropocene, and new understandings of the role of non-human actors in networks of power Offers an accessible introduction to political geography for those in allied fields including political science, international relations, and sociology Boundaries and borders / Anne-Laure Amilhat Szary Scale / Andrew E.G. Jonas Territory / Cristina Del Biaggio Sovreignty / Joshua E. Barkan The state / Alex Jeffrey Federalism and multilevel governance / Herman van der Wusten Geographies of conflict / Clionadh Raleigh Security / Lauren Martin Violence / James Tyner Justice / Farhana Sultana Power / Joe Painter Citizenship / Patricia Ehrkamp and Malene H. Jacobsen The imperative of biopolitics / Claudio Minca Spatial analysis / Andrew M. Linke and John O'Loughlin Radical political geographies / Simon Springer Geopolitics/critical geopolitics Sami Moisio Feminist political geographies / Jennifer L. Fluri Post(-)colonialism Chih Yuan Woon Children's political geographies / Kirsi Pauliina Kallio and Jouni Hakli Electoral geography in the 21st century / Michael Shin Nation and nationalism / Marco Antonsich Regional institutions / Merje Kuus Banality of empire / Luca Muscar Social movements / Sara Koopman Religious movements / Tristan Sturm Sexual politics / Catherine J. Nash and Kath Browne The rise of the BRICS / Marcus Power Social media / Paul C. Adams More-than-representational political geographies / Martin Müller Resources / Kathryn Furlong and Emma S. Norman Political ecologies of the state / Katie Meehan and Olivia C. Molden Environment from determinism to the anthropocene / Simon Dalby Financial crises / Brett Christophers Migration / Michael Samers Everyday political geographies / Sara Fregonese Academic capitalism and the geopolitics of knowledge / Anssi Paasi. __The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Political Geography__* Discusses the latest developments and places increased emphasis on modes of thinking, contested key concepts, and on geopolitics, climate change and terrorism * Explores the influence of the practice-based methods in geography and concepts including postcolonialism, feminist geographies, the notion of the Anthropocene, and new understandings of the role of non-human actors in networks of power * Offers an accessible introduction to political geography for those in allied fields including political science, international relations, and sociology Chapter 4 Territory beyond the Anglophone TraditionThe Alpine case study; Transgressing bounded spaces?; Territoire = place?; Networked territories and territorial networks; The Francophone territoire versus the Anglophone territory; Tied between two poles: A specific notion or a buzzword?; "Territory is what people make it to be"; Conclusion; References; Chapter 5 Sovereignty; Regimes of sovereignty; New spaces of sovereignty; Political theology and the crisis of sovereignty; The political ontology of sovereign power; References; Chapter 6 The State; Tracing the state; The state system Direct and structural violence: An outdated binaryContested definitions of violence; Political violence; State violence; Gender violence; Killing and letting die; Conclusion; References; Chapter 11 Justice; Scope and definitional challenges; Rights and democracy; International development and global politics; Time, space, scale; Environmental justice and ethics; Gender justice; Conclusion; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 12 Power; Taking power seriously; The stuff of politics; Power as capacity; Power in concert; Discipline and biopower; Geographies of power Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Chapter 1 Introduction; Introducing political geography; Outline of the book; References; Key Concepts in Political Geography; Chapter 2 Boundaries and Borders; Bounded thinking; From linear to topological limits; Ontology of the mobile border; Conclusion; References; Chapter 3 Scale; Cartographic and quantitative approaches to scale in political geography; From scale effects to scalar politics; Unbounding scale and politics: The rise of the relational perspective; Some conclusions; References The state as experienceThe waning state; References; Chapter 7 Federalism and Multilevel Governance; The federal idea and its realizations; Multilevel governance: The concept; Regional authorities and governance; Politicization and legitimacy; Conclusion; References; Chapter 8 Geographies of Conflict; Conflicted environments; Contested environments; Critical reflections and bridging divides; Notes; References; Chapter 9 Security; Theoretical and methodological approaches to security; Sites of security; Conclusion; References; Chapter 10 Violence Rethinking sovereign and state powerReferences; Chapter 13 Citizenship; Rethinking citizenship; The spaces of citizenship; Membership and (political) community; A crisis of citizenship or new frontiers of the political?; References; Chapter 14 The Biopolitical Imperative; The biopolitical imperative; Geo-biopolitics; Geo/bio turns; Geo-biopolitical origins; References; Theorizing Political Geography; Chapter 15 Spatial Analysis; Timeless and constant fundamental concepts; Trends and changes in spatial analysis over the last decade The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Political Geography aims to account for the intellectual and worldly developments that have taken place in and around political geography in the last 10 years. Bringing together established names in the field as well as new scholars, it highlights provocative theoretical and conceptual debates on political geography from a range of global perspectives.-- Provided by Publisher Spatial analysis of violence and public opinion in the North Caucasus of Russia