| Description |
xii, 340 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Pt. 1. Political Geography: Recurring Issues, New Perspectives. 1. Introduction: Political Geography for the Next Millennium / William B. Wood and George J. Demko. 2. Changing Times, Changing Scales: World Politics and Political Geography Since 1890 / Colin Flint. 3. Geopolitics in the New World Era: A New Perspective on an Old Discipline / Saul B. Cohen. 4. International Boundaries: Lines in the Sand (and the Sea) / Bradford L. Thomas. 5. The Power and Politics of Maps / Alan K. Henrikson. 6. Electoral Geography and Gerrymandering: Space and Politics / Richard Morrill -- Pt. 2. Political Geographies of People and Resources. 7. Population, Politics, and Geography: A Global Perspective / George J. Demko. 8. International Migration: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back / William B. Wood. 9. Exploiting, Conserving, and Preserving Natural Resources / Susan L. Cutter. 10. Geo-Analysis for the Next Century: New Data and Tools for Sustainable Development / William B. Wood |
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Pt. 3. International Processes of Geopolitical Change. 11. People Together, Yet Apart: Rethinking Territory, Sovereignty, and Identities / David B. Knight. 12. International Law and the Sovereign State System: Challenges to the Status Quo / Alexander B. Murphy. 13. Global Ecopolitics / Phyllis Mofson. 14. Nongovernmental Organizations on the Geopolitical Front Line / Marie D. Price. 15. Global Hegemony Versus National Economy: The United States in the New World Economy / John Agnew. 16. Geopolitical Information and Communications in the Twenty-First Century / Stanley D. Brunn, Jeffrey A. Jones and Shannon O'Lear |
| Summary |
Using an integrative approach to international relations, the second edition of Reordering the World returns the "geo" to geopolitical analysis of current global issues. Focusing on key emerging world issues such as spatial data technology, IGOs/NGOs, and gender and world politics, this group of eminent geographers challenges the reader to rethink international relations and reorder the world political map |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Political geography.
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Geopolitics.
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International relations.
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| Author |
Demko, George J., 1933-
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Wood, William B., 1956-
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| LC no. |
98039355 |
| ISBN |
0813334055 |
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