Political Geography

This volume brings together an internationally diverse range of studies by leading scholars to examine the relationship between conflict and reconstruction. They look at how periods of war and other forms of political violence have been justified as processes of necessary and valid reconstruction as..

Electoral Geography, the analysis of spatial patterns of voting, is undergoing something of a renaissance with new methodological advances, theoretical shifts and changes in the political landscape. This collection integrates new conceptual approaches with a broad array of case studies from the USA,..

While moving across borders has been made easier for some in Russia in recent years, for others, physical as well as socio-cultural borders are proving to be more and more difficult to cross. Tackling differences between the ways official discourses construct borders and the ways people who live the..

While moving across borders has been made easier for some in Russia in recent years, for others, physical as well as socio-cultural borders are proving to be more and more difficult to cross. Tackling differences between the ways official discourses construct borders and the ways people who live the..

This specially commissioned volume of original essays, first published in 1990, provides a unique view of conflict, territorial behaviour and reconciliation between groups – social, racial, religious and nationalist – within states in both the developed and the developing worlds. Shared Space: Divid..

Since the coming into force of the United Nations Law of the Sea, states have been targeting outlying islands to expand their exclusive economic zones. No such actions have brought the world closer to the brink of war than the ongoing face-off between China and Japan over the Diaoyu / Senkaku Island..

Across the globe, political movements opposing privatisation, enclosures, and other spatial controls are coalescing towards the idea of the ‘commons’. As a result, struggles over the commons and common life are now coming to the forefront of both political activism and scholarly enquiry. This book a..

This book brings together leading scholars to examine how social movements have employed spatial practices to respond to and shape changing social and political contexts. By mapping state-of-the-art conceptual and empirical terrain across Geography, Sociology, and Political Science, 'Spaces of Conte..

Published in 2003 and now revised, this book explores the changing nature of the terrorist threat against global cities in terms of tactics and targeting, and the challenge of developing city-wide managerial measures and strategies. Also addressed is the way in which London is leading the way in dev..

Published in 2003 and now revised, this book explores the changing nature of the terrorist threat against global cities in terms of tactics and targeting, and the challenge of developing city-wide managerial measures and strategies. Also addressed is the way in which London is leading the way in dev..

Addressing and conceptualizing the changing character of borders in contemporary Europe, this book examines developments occurring in the light of European integration processes and an on-going tightening of Europe's external borders. Moreover, the book suggests new ways of investigating the nature ..

Addressing and conceptualizing the changing character of borders in contemporary Europe, this book examines developments occurring in the light of European integration processes and an on-going tightening of Europe's external borders. Moreover, the book suggests new ways of investigating the nature ..