Questioning Planetary Illiberal Geographies - Territory, Space and Power

This book engages with current debates on 'planetary urbanization' and the nature of urban political theory, but notably, considers the implications of illiberalism on space, territory, and power.
The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of Territory, Politics, Governance.

List of contents

Introduction Questioning planetary illiberal geographies: territory, space and power 1. State territorialization through shequ community centres: bureaucratic confusion in Xinjiang, China 2. Neoliberal exception to liberal democracy? Entrepreneurial territorial governance in India 3. Countering illiberal geographies through local policy? The political effects of sanctuary cities 4. When the illiberal and the neoliberal meet around infectious diseases: an examination of the MERS response in South Korea 5. Planetary illiberalism and the cybercity-state: in and beyond territory Afterword Comparing and connecting territories of illiberal politics and neoliberal governance

About the author

Jason Luger is Assistant Professor of Human Geography at Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. His research focuses on the production, experience, and contestation of urban space, especially the relationship between urban space and illiberalism. Jason’s research draws from comparative urbanism, ethnography, and theories from across urban, political, social, and cultural geographies.

Summary

This book engages with current debates on ‘planetary urbanization’ and the nature of urban political theory, but notably, considers the implications of illiberalism on space, territory, and power. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of Territory, Politics, Governance.

Product details

• Authors: Jason Luger
• Assisted by: Jason Luger (Editor), Luger Jason (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.12.2022
• EAN: 9781032392202
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3239220-2
• No. of pages: 130
• Series: Regions and Cities
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Political Ideologies, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, social and political philosophy, Urban & municipal planning, Political science and theory, Civil engineering, surveying & building, Urban and municipal planning and policy, Political ideologies and movements, Civil engineering, surveying and building