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This innovative and thought-provoking text will teach you about the diverse and increasingly expansive sub-discipline of geopolitics. Divided into three sections,
Political Geography draws on case studies from a diverse range of scales, contexts, and demographics, to introduce you to the key approaches, concepts, and futures of geopolitics.
You will cover an extensive range of key topics in
Political Geography, from feminist geopolitics to non-human worlds, and nationalism to peace and resistance. Throughout this first edition you will apply various theoretical lenses, utilise a wide range of examples both past and present, and draw on cutting edge scholarship to reinvigorate your understanding of important themes such as the state, borders, and territory.
Based on the award-winning course at RHUL,
Politcal Geography includes a variety of sites, spaces, materials, and images alongside 'In the field' tips, ideas for practical dissertation research, and tasks to facilitate active follow-on learning. Case studies, key terms, key questions and learning exercises, and annotated readings are included throughout every chapter to aid understanding and help you to engage and reflect on the content.
Designed as a core text for undergraduates and an introductory text for postgraduates with an interest in Political Geography.
Rachael Squire is lecturer in Human Geography at Royal Holloway University of London
Anna Jackman is lecturer in Human Geography at University of Reading
List of contents
Chapter 1: Political Geography: Approaches, concepts, futures
Chapter 2: Situating Political Geography: Tracing the emergence of the sub-discipline
Chapter 3: Feminist geopolitics: Sites, spaces, scales
Chapter 4:. Decolonising: Dismantling architectures of privilege
Chapter 5: Non-human worlds: From objects to animals
Chapter 6: Popular Geopolitics: Shaping geopolitical imaginations
Chapter 7: States and territory: Heights, depths and thinking 'volume'
Chapter 8: Borders: From state lines to the body
Chapter 9: Nationalism: Flags, fears, and fictions
Chapter 10: Mobilities: Geopolitics in motion
Chapter 11: Violence: Practice and experience
Chapter 12: Peace and resistance: Decentring war
Chapter 13: Surveillance: Geographies of digital space and life
Chapter 14: Crisis and hope: Thinking with geopolitical futures
About the author
Dr Rachael Squire is a Lecturer in Human Geography at Royal Holloway, University of London. Her research draws on feminist geopolitics to explore questions relating to the sea, territory, volume, and most recently earth futures and Anthropocene geographies. Rachael has published in a range of journals in addition to her monograph Undersea Geopolitics: Sealab, Science, and the Cold War. Her most recent work explores the political, cultural, and social geographies of public aquariums in a time of environmental crisis.
Dr Anna Jackman is a Lecturer in Human Geography at the University of Reading. Anna is a feminist political geographer interested in technological visibilities, volumes, relations and futures. Her research approaches these issues through the lens of the drone, exploring the ‘unmanning’ of everyday, urban and military life in the drone age. Anna’s Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)-funded research project ‘Diversifying Drone Stories’ engaged with a range of stakeholders (including emergency services, lawyers, industry, local authorities, pilots, and members of the public) to explore the diverse use, perception, and impact of drones in changing UK airspace. Anna is on Twitter @ahjackman.
Summary
Designed as a core text for undergraduate students. Politcal Geography employs a novel and accessible structure to guide students through the key Approaches, Concepts, and Futures of Political Geography.
