Political geography

Much of the world's economic activity takes place in between cities and nations - the geographical containers that we have taken for granted for hundreds of years now.

The re-emergence of the city from the long shadow of the state in the late-twentieth century was facilitated by the state itself.

People around the world are confused and concerned.

Much of the world's economic activity takes place in between cities and nations - the geographical containers that we have taken for granted for hundreds of years now.

It is increasingly accepted that 'institutions matter' for economic organization and outcomes.

Why has international migration become an issue of such intense public and political concern?

It is increasingly accepted that 'institutions matter' for economic organization and outcomes.

Geopolitics and Empire examines the relations between two phenomena that are central to modern conceptions of international relations.

Indigenous peoples and governments, industrialists and ecologists all use - or have at some stage to confront - the language of land rights.

People around the world are confused and concerned.

Why has international migration become an issue of such intense public and political concern?

In this synthetic, interdisciplinary work, Neil Brenner develops a new interpretation of the transformation of statehood under contemporary globalizing capitalism.

A multi-disciplinary analysis of the evolution of water politics and policy by an international team of distinguished experts.

This book provides a major new examination of the current dilemmas of liberal anti-racist policies in European societies, linking two discourses that are normally quite separate in social science: immigration and ethnic relations research on the one hand, and the political economy of the welfare state on the other.

The re-emergence of the city from the long shadow of the state in the late-twentieth century was facilitated by the state itself.

This book examines the implications of geographical change for maritime jurisdiction under the law of the sea.

This book examines the implications of geographical change for maritime jurisdiction under the law of the sea.

This authoritative A-Z provides a wealth of up-to-date information on every country in the world, including dependent territories.

British Imperialism and 'The Tribal Question ' reconstructs the history of Britain's presence in the deserts of the interwar Middle East, making the case for its significance to scholars of imperialism and of the region's past.

In the post-World War II era, the emergence of 'area studies' marked a signal development in the social sciences.

In the post-World War II era, the emergence of 'area studies' marked a signal development in the social sciences.

The foundings of constitutional democracies are commonly traced to singular moments.

With a government plagued by systemic ills and deep ideological divides, democracy, as we know it, is in jeopardy.

Featuring a new foreword that brings the book up to date Rare earths are elements that are found in the Earth's crust, and are vital ingredients for the production of a wide variety of high tech, defense, and green technologies-everything from iPhones and medical technologies to wind turbines, efficiency lighting, smart bombs, and submarines.

Featuring a new foreword that brings the book up to date Rare earths are elements that are found in the Earth's crust, and are vital ingredients for the production of a wide variety of high tech, defense, and green technologies-everything from iPhones and medical technologies to wind turbines, efficiency lighting, smart bombs, and submarines.

With a government plagued by systemic ills and deep ideological divides, democracy, as we know it, is in jeopardy.

The urban condition is today being radically transformed.

The urban condition is today being radically transformed.

Despite -- and perhaps because of -- increasing global mobility, there are more types of borders today than ever before in history.

Despite -- and perhaps because of -- increasing global mobility, there are more types of borders today than ever before in history.

The foundings of constitutional democracies are commonly traced to singular moments.

From its founding 65 years ago, the People's Republic of China has evolved from an important yet chaotic and impoverished state whose power was more latent than real into a great power on the cusp of possessing the largest economy in the world.

From its founding 65 years ago, the People's Republic of China has evolved from an important yet chaotic and impoverished state whose power was more latent than real into a great power on the cusp of possessing the largest economy in the world.

Before Russia invaded Ukraine, it invaded Georgia.

Before Russia invaded Ukraine, it invaded Georgia.

For much of its history, human population growth increased at a glacial pace.

For much of its history, human population growth increased at a glacial pace.

International migration has reached new heights since the 1960s.

Bosnia Remade is an authoritative account of ethnic cleansing and its partial undoing from the onset of the 1990s Bosnian wars up through the present.

The land between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan Valley has been one of the most disputed territories in history.

The land between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan Valley has been one of the most disputed territories in history.

When are borders justified?

When are borders justified?

The values of freedom and equality are at the heart of what it means for liberal states to do justice to their citizens.

The values of freedom and equality are at the heart of what it means for liberal states to do justice to their citizens.

A groundbreaking history of how the US Post made the nineteenth-century American West.

A groundbreaking history of how the US Post made the nineteenth-century American West.

Doreen Massey (1944-2016) changed geography.

'EXCELLENT' - THE TLS'HUGELY IMPRESSIVE' - THE INDEPENDENT'AN ASTONISHINGLY FINE HISTORY' - COUNTRY LIFE'FASCINATING' - DAILY MAILThe history of the world's most successful military alliance, from the wrecked Europe of 1945 to Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine.