Political Geography by Rachael Squire

Political Geography by Rachael Squire

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.

Squire and Jackman have produced the fresh take on political geography for which undergraduates have been waitingPolitical geography is more than ever in the news, and students looking for the conceptual tools to make sense of it need look no further: from decolonisation movements, to our relationships to technology and the digital, to the contestation of popular culture, this book has it all. And crucially, it has hope – something that can be in short supply these days.

-- Jason Dittmer

This impressive textbook makes important and complex ideas understandable and interesting. By presenting pressing topics of violence and inequality alongside hopeful resources for peaceful and sustainable futures it strikes the delicate balance between political urgency and pastoral sensitivity.

-- Nick Megoran

This is the must-read textbook for any student studying Political Geography. Exploring how power, politics and space shape our complex world, this cutting-edge textbook takes geopolitics to unexpected and exciting places. Through an exciting range of case studies, Political Geography clearly guides students through the key themes, ideas and concepts that underpin the subdiscipline.

-- Sarah Hughes

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.

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ISBN 13	9781526498854
ISBN 10	1526498855
Title	Political Geography
Author	Rachael Squire
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Sage Publications Ltd
Year published	2023-11-20
Number of pages	256
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