Understanding geography and war : misperceptions, foundations, and prospects /: misperceptions, foundations, and prospects. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Steve Pickering.
• Authors: Pickering, Steve (Steven David)
• Contents: Preface; On Geographers, Political Scientists, and War ; From Scholarly Contributions to Cheap Journalistic Exploits ; References; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; 1 History; History of Geography; German Geopolitics; Ratzel's Students; Semple; Kjellén; Haushofer; Japan; The Introduction of Geopolitics to Japan; Tokyo and Kyoto Schools; Tennoism and the Japanisation of Geopolitics; The Fall of Japanese Geopolitics; Case Study: Geography, Mountains, and War; The Physical Relationship of Mountains to Conflict; Guerrillas Need Mountains. The 'man-milieu' Relationship and the 'imprint of the mountain matrix'; Mountains and the Barbarians of the North-West of England; Self-identity as 'mountain people'; Conclusion; References; 2 Critical Approaches; Critical Geography and Critical Geopolitics; What Is Critical Geography?; Lacoste: Geography Exists, First of All, to Make War; Lacoste and Hérodote; Critical Cartography; Case Study: Borders and Critical Cartography; The Northwest Ordinance; The Relevance of Metaphysics to Geopolitics; The Yemen-Oman Border; Boundary Plerosis; Bona fide Boundaries and Fiat Boundaries. Arabia and Vagueness; The Uneven Distribution of Territorial Sovereignty; The State as an International Person; Vagueness, Computer Maps, and the State; How Far Is It from Yemen to Oman?; Conclusion; References; 3 Feminist Approaches to Geopolitics: Beyond the Geopolitics of Gender; Feminist Approaches and Their Relevance to War; The Importance of Enloe; History; Feminist Geographies; Feminist Geopolitics Emerging from Critical Geopolitics; Feminist Geopolitics Defined; What Might a Feminist Geopolitics Do?; Geopolitics of the Everyday; Mixing Methods. Feminist Researchers' Identity: Not Geographers; Feminist Approaches: Not Just an Add-on, But a Restructuring; Creating a Feminist Geopolitics 1: Changing the Unit/Level of Analysis; Creating a Feminist Geopolitics 2: The Private/Public Divide, at a Global Level; Creating a Feminist Geopolitics 3: Mobility and Accountability; Areas of Focus for Feminist Geopolitics; Studying Up; (Women's) Bodies, IRs, and National Security; Feminist Critiques of Geography and IR; Feminist Critiques of Realism; Feminist Critiques of Critical Geopolitics; Conclusion; Feminist Geopolitics: Normative. Mixing Disciplines; New Perspectives on Old Themes: The Potential of Feminist Approaches; Entirely New Lenses; References; 4 Popular Geopolitics; Introduction; Defining Popular Geopolitics; History and Importance; Elite/Pluralist Models; Reader's Digest; New Media and Tabloid Geopolitics; Tabloid Truth Telling; Tabloid Realism and Maps; Experts, Wise Men, and Geopoliticians; Celebrity Geopolitics; Cartoons; Cinema; Cinema Reflecting Geopolitics; Geopolitics Reflecting Cinema; Comics; Conspiracy; Case Study: Using Twitter to Understand Popular Geopolitics.
• Publisher Details: New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource, color illustrations
• Subjects: 320.1/2; Political science; Geopolitics; International relations; Peace; Globalization; Diplomacy; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General; Geopolitics; Geografie; Geopolitik; Krieg; Political Science -- Peace; Political Science -- Globalization; Political Science -- International Relations -- Diplomacy; Peace studies & conflict resolution; Globalization; Diplomacy; Political Science -- International Relations -- General; International relations; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137522177; 1137522178
• Related ISBNs: 113752216X; 9781137522160
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 05, 2016).
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