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.

Politics & Social Sciences

Woods, Michael

Jones, Martin

Jones, Rhys

Social Sciences

Routledge

Rural (Key Ideas in Geography)

The division of ‘rural’ and ‘urban’ is one of the oldest ideas in Geography and is deeply engrained in our culture. Throughout history, the rural has been attributed with many meanings: as a source of food and energy; as a pristine wilderness, or as a bucolic idyll; as a playground, or a place of escape; as a fragile space of nature, in need of protection; and as a primitive place, in need of modernization. But is the idea of the rural still relevant today?  Rural provides an advanced introduction to the study of rural places and processes in Geography and related disciplines. Drawing extensively on the latest research in rural geography, this book explores the diverse meanings that have been attached to the rural, examines how ideas of the rural have been produced and reproduced, and investigates the influence of different ideas in shaping the social and economic structure of rural localities and the everyday lives of people who live, work or play in rural areas.   This authoritative book contains case studies drawn from both the developed and developing world to introduce and illustrate conceptual ideas and approaches, as well as suggested further reading. Written in an engaging and lively style, Rural challenges the reader to think differently about the rural.

The division of ‘rural’ and ‘urban’ is one of the oldest ideas in Geography and is deeply engrained in our culture. Throughout history, the rural has been attributed with many meanings: as a source of food and energy; as a pristine wilderness, or as a bucolic idyll; as a playground, or a place of escape; as a fragile space of nature, in need of protection; and as a primitive place, in need of modernization. But is the idea of the rural still relevant today? Rural provides an advanced introduction to the study of rural places and processes in Geography and related disciplines. Drawing extensively on the latest research in rural geography, this book explores the diverse meanings that have been attached to the rural, examines how ideas of the rural have been produced and reproduced, and investigates the influence of different ideas in shaping the social and economic structure of rural localities and the everyday lives of people who live, work or play in rural areas. This authoritative book contains case studies drawn from both the developed and developing world to introduce and illustrate conceptual ideas and approaches, as well as suggested further reading. Written in an engaging and lively style, Rural challenges the reader to think differently about the rural.

An Introduction to Political Geography

An Introduction to Political Geography continues to provide a broad-based introduction to contemporary political geography for students following undergraduate degree courses in geography and related subjects. The 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. This second edition builds on the strengths of the first. The main changes and enhancements are: <ul>
<li>four new chapters on: political geographies of globalization, geographies of empire, political geography and the environment and geopolitics and critical geopolitics</li> <li>significant updating and revision of the existing chapters to discuss key developments, drawing on recent academic contributions and political events</li> <li>new case studies, drawing on an increasing number of international and global examples</li> <li>additional boxes for key concepts and an enlarged glossary. </li>
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As 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.

Dixon, Deborah

Whitehead, Mark

Hannah, Matthew

Capturing the human form using only the basic drawing implements of pen, pencil, or crayon and paper, is something every artist will attempt at some point in a career-often with a marked lack of success. Here Michael Woods provides a framework which, if followed, will start the reader on the right path. His approach, as he says, is "about the real stuff of drawing-looking, thinking, and making marks." It is an approach which pays most attention to a way of thinking, not merely to knowing a set of notable parts.Beginning with guidelines to follow when dealing with human models, the book progresses to an assessment of the figure as a whole, emphasising the importance of proportion, lighting and anatomical detail. A complete chapter is devoted to the advantages and disadvantages of drawing the nude and the techniques involved. There is a full glossary of terms.Michael Woods is Director of Art at Charterhouse Scool where he has taught for many years. Educated at the Norwich School of Art and the Slade School of Art, he is an established painter and has exhibited widely throughout Great Britain.

Life Drawing

Arts & Photography

Dover Pubns

Landscape Drawing

With 104 duotone illustrations by Michael Woods . 4to pp. 160 Rilegato tela, sovracoperta (cloth, dust jacket) Ottimo (Fine)

Paris and the Surrealists

MELLY, George

History & Criticism

Thames&Hudson

Olduvai Countdown: A Jack Cann Medical Thriller

Literature & Fiction

Genre Fiction

Michael Woods, MD

How Big is a Whale?

Johnson,Jinny

Scholastic Canada, Limited

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