Political Frontiers and Boundaries

Political Frontiers and Boundaries
Author: J. R. V. Prescott
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 332
Release: 2014-10-03
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1317601998

This classic work is a comprehensive treatment of the world’s political frontiers and boundaries, and includes sections on boundaries in the air as well as chapters treating the subject in a regional manner, covering the continents in terms of the evolution of boundaries.

The Geography of Warfare

The Geography of Warfare
Author: Patrick Edmund O'Sullivan
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 172
Release: 1983
Genre: Geopolitics
ISBN: 9780709919186

Nationalism, Self-Determination and Political Geography

Nationalism, Self-Determination and Political Geography
Author: R. J. Johnston
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2014-10-03
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 131761013X

This book explores the place of nationalism in the modern world. It looks at the relationships between nationalism, politics and states, explores the rise of minority national movements and the problems they cause, and discusses the problems of national integration in particular countries. It analyses the problems in a general and thematic way and includes a number of important case studies.

Developments in Electoral Geography

Developments in Electoral Geography
Author: Ron Johnston
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 293
Release: 2014-10-03
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1317610075

The essays in this collection show how electoral geography has shifted from empiricist activity towards a closer involvement with the wider issues addressed by social scientists. They illustrate the potential contributions that electoral geographers can make towards the understanding of global, national and local societies.

Place and Politics

Place and Politics
Author: John A. Agnew
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 286
Release: 2014-10-03
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1317630610

The first part of the book is concerned with developing the place perspective. Three dimensions of place are put forward: locale and sense of place describe the objective and subjective dimensions of local social arrangements within which political behaviour is realized; location refers to the impact of the ‘macro-order’, to the fact that a single place is one among many and that the social life of a place is embedded in theworkings of the state and the world economy. The second part of the book provides detailed examinations of American and Scottish politics, using the place perspective. Contrary to the view that place or locality is important only in ‘traditional societies’, this book argues that place is of continuing significance in even the most ‘advanced’ societies.

The Geography of Border Landscapes

The Geography of Border Landscapes
Author: Dennis Rumley
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 214
Release: 2014-10-03
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1317598792

This volume is about border landscapes, with emphasis on the varying impact that political decision-making and ideological differences can have on the environment at border locations, for example. This volume by political-geography experts from across the globe provides important insights specficially into border landscapes and so serves to further our understanding of aspects of cultural landscapes.

The Geopolitics of Domination (Routledge Library Editions: Political Geography)

The Geopolitics of Domination (Routledge Library Editions: Political Geography)
Author: Geoffrey Parker
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 195
Release: 2014-10-03
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1317600274

Using the examples of the Ottoman Empire, Spain, Austria, France and Germany, this book describes the principal geopolitical features of the expansionist state. It then presents a model of the operation of the expansionist process over space and time. It goes on to apply the geopolitical characteristics of the model to the period after 1945 in order to assess the extent to which the Soviet Union might be considered as being an expansionist state, either actually or potentially. This latter question is obviously once more extremely relevant with the current events in Ukraine.

Geography of Elections

Geography of Elections
Author: Peter J. Taylor
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 270
Release: 2014-10-03
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1317601866

Within an international framework, this work provides a fully comprehensive approach to the geographical coverage of elections. Numerous applications of ideas and concepts from human geography are incorporated into a new political context, illustrating the manner in which electoral patterns reflect and help produce the overall geography of a region or state. Discussions of various topics are well supported by numerous maps and diagrams which help clarify arguments and serve to define elections within their basic geographical context.

Western Geopolitical Thought in the Twentieth Century

Western Geopolitical Thought in the Twentieth Century
Author: Geoffrey Parker
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 212
Release: 2014-10-03
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1317600398

This book surveys the development of geo-political thought in the twentieth century and relates it to international political developments, as well as examining how sound geopolitical theories are. It considers the work of Mackinder, Hartshorne, and Haushofer and his disciples in Germany who influenced the Nazis; and of more recent developments including Marxist geographical writing.