{"product_id":"political-geography-isbn-9781119315186","title":"Political Geography","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrings political geography to life—explores key concepts, critical debates, and contemporary research in the field.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePolitical geography is the study of how power struggles both shape and are shaped by the places in which they occur—the \u003ci\u003espatial\u003c\/i\u003e nature of political power. \u003ci\u003ePolitical\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eGeography: A Critical Introduction \u003c\/i\u003ehelps students understand how power is related to space, place, and territory, illustrating how everyday life and the world of global conflict and nation-states are inextricably intertwined. This timely, engaging textbook weaves critical, postcolonial, and feminist narratives throughout its exploration of key concepts in the discipline.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAccessible to students new to the field, this text offers critical approaches to political geography—including questions of gender, sexuality, race, and difference—and explains central political concepts such as citizenship, security, and territory in a geographic context. Case studies incorporate methodologies that illustrate how political geographers perform research, enabling students to develop a well-rounded critical approach rather than merely focusing on results. Chapters cover topics including the role of nationalism in shaping allegiances, the spatial aspects of social movements and urban politics, the relationship between international relations and security, the effects of non-human actors in politics, and more. Global in scope, this book:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eHighlights a diverse range of globally-oriented issues, such as global inequality, that demonstrate the need for critical political geography\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDemonstrates how critiques of political geography intersect with decolonial, feminist, and queer movements\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCovers the Eurocentric origins of many of the discipline’s key concepts\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIntegrates advances in political geography theory and firsthand accounts of innovative research from rising scholars in the field\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores both intimate stories from everyday life and abstract concepts central to contemporary political geography\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePolitical Geography: A Critical Introduction \u003c\/i\u003eis an ideal resource for students in political and feminist geography, as well as graduate students and researchers seeking an overview of the discipline.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Introduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeographer at Work: Sara Smith 11\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Citizenship Fails 15\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Living the Nation 34\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeographer at Work: Michelle Daigle 49\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Power\/Territory 57\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeographer at Work: Azeezat Johnson 75\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 State\/Borders 80\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeographer at Work: Ali Hamdan 90\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Urban Politics 95\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Social Movements 116\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeographer at Work: Willie Wright 133\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Decolonizing Political Geography? 139\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeographer at Work: Deondre Smiles 148\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Geopolitics 162\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Security 179\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeographer at Work: Edgar Sandoval 194\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Intimate Geopolitics 199\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeographer at Work: Pavithra Vasudevan 213\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Biopolitics and Life Itself 218\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Life in the Future, Among the Ruins 235\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeographer at Work: Mabel Gergan 249\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 254\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 286\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSara Smith\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of Geography at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (USA). She is a feminist political geographer interested in the relationship between territory, bodies, and the everyday. Her research seeks to understand how politics and geopolitics are constituted through intimate acts of love, friendship, and birth.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePolitical geography is the study of how power struggles both shape and are shaped by the places in which they occur – the \u003ci\u003espatial\u003c\/i\u003e nature of political power. \u003ci\u003ePolitical Geography: A Critical Introduction\u003c\/i\u003e helps students understand how power is related to space, place, and territory, illustrating how everyday life and the world of global conflict and nation-states are inextricably intertwined. 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