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An Introduction to Political Geography: Space, Place and Politics
An Introduction to Political Geography provides a broad-based introduction to how power interacts with space; how place influences political identities; and how policy creates and remoulds territory. By pushing back the boundaries of what we conventionally understand as political geography, the book emphasizes the interactions between power, politics and policy, space, place and territory in different geographical contexts.
This is both an essential text for political geographers and also a valuable resource for students of related fields with an interest in politics and geography.
This is both an essential text for political geographers and also a valuable resource for students of related fields with an interest in politics and geography.
208 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2004
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August 13, 2026
This was probably the geography book I've enjoyed most out of the recent run.
It covers a lot of familiar territory — states, borders, nationalism, citizenship, geopolitics, globalisation, policy, power and place — but I liked the way it brings all of those things together rather than treating them as completely separate subjects.
The bit I found most interesting was the relationship between power and space. Geography isn't just describing where political things happen; space and place actually help shape how politics works, who has power, who gets represented and who gets excluded.
There was definitely a fair amount here that made me think I remember learning this, though, so it wasn't exactly a voyage of discovery.
Also slightly surreal reading a book with several Aberystwyth geography professors in the author list. I suspect this is basically the academic equivalent of finding one of your old lecturers hiding in your bookshelf.
Still, really useful and genuinely interesting. Probably the sort of book I'd have appreciated more as a student, but I'm glad I came back to it.
It covers a lot of familiar territory — states, borders, nationalism, citizenship, geopolitics, globalisation, policy, power and place — but I liked the way it brings all of those things together rather than treating them as completely separate subjects.
The bit I found most interesting was the relationship between power and space. Geography isn't just describing where political things happen; space and place actually help shape how politics works, who has power, who gets represented and who gets excluded.
There was definitely a fair amount here that made me think I remember learning this, though, so it wasn't exactly a voyage of discovery.
Also slightly surreal reading a book with several Aberystwyth geography professors in the author list. I suspect this is basically the academic equivalent of finding one of your old lecturers hiding in your bookshelf.
Still, really useful and genuinely interesting. Probably the sort of book I'd have appreciated more as a student, but I'm glad I came back to it.
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