{"product_id":"an-introduction-to-political-geography-martin-jones-9780415457965","title":"An Introduction to Political Geography: Space, Place and Politics","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn Introduction to Political Geography\u003c\/em\u003e continues to provide a broad-based introduction to contemporary political geography for students following undergraduate degree courses in geography and related subjects. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe text explores the full breadth of contemporary political geography, covering not only traditional concerns such as the state, geopolitics, electoral geography and nationalism; but also increasing important areas at the cutting-edge of political geography research including globalization, the geographies of regulation and governance, geographies of policy formulation and delivery, and themes at the intersection of political and cultural geography, including the politics of place consumption, landscapes of power, citizenship, identity politics and geographies of mobilization and resistance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis second edition builds on the strengths of the first. The main changes and enhancements are: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003efour new chapters on: political geographies of globalization, geographies of empire, political geography and the environment and geopolitics and critical geopolitics\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003esignificant updating and revision of the existing chapters to discuss key developments, drawing on recent academic contributions and political events\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003enew case studies, drawing on an increasing number of international and global examples\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eadditional boxes for key concepts and an enlarged glossary. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs with the first edition, extensive use is made of case study examples, illustrations, explanatory boxes, guides to further reading and a glossary of key terms to present the material in an easily accessible manner. Through employment of these techniques this book introduces students to contributions from a range of social and political theories in the context of empirical case study examples. By providing a basic introduction to such concepts and pointing to pathways into more specialist material, this book serves both as a core text for first- and second- year courses in political geography, and as a resource alongside supplementary textbooks for more specialist third year courses.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Martin Jones,Rhys Jones,Michael Woods\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415457963\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415457965\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 276\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.42lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.69d","brand":"Martin Jones","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48064922550527,"sku":"9780415457965","price":290.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e79cbef5-76a7-416d-8498-d8fb2caada79.jpg?v=1768671943","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/an-introduction-to-political-geography-martin-jones-9780415457965","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}