Political geography : world-economy, nation-state and locality / Colin Flint and Peter J. Taylor.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

-- Table Of Contents: Preface to the sixth edition Tips for reading this book Acknowledgements Prologue: episodes in the life and times of a sub-discipline Welcome to political geography Ratzel's organism: promoting a new state Mackinder's heartland: saving an old empire and much more Haushofer's geopolitik: saving a defeated state Hartshorne's functionalism: creating a moribund backwater What political geography did nex tHow do we move beyond the limitations inherent in political geography's history? 1 A world-systems approach to political geography Introduction World-systems analysis Dimensions of a historical system Power Power and politics in the world-economy A political geography perspective on the world-economy Key glossary terms from Chapter 1 Suggested reading Activities 2 Geopolitics revived Introduction Geopolitical codes and world orders Situating geopolitical codes and theories The War on Terror: geopolitical transition and world order Feminist geopolitics and the interrogation of security Key glossary terms from Chapter 2 Suggested reading Activities 3 Geography of imperialisms Introduction A world-systems interpretation of imperialism Formal imperialism: the creation of empires Informal imperialism: dominance without empire `Empire' in the twenty-first century Key glossary terms from Chapter 3 Suggested reading Activities 4 Territorial states Introduction The making of the world political map The nature of the states Territorial states under conditions of globalization Key glossary terms from Chapter 4 Suggested reading Activities 5 Nation, nationalism, and citizenship Introduction The doctrine of nationalism Synthesis: the power of nationalism Nationalist uses of history: the `modern Janus' Nationalism in practice State and nation since 1945 Renegotiating the nation? Citizenship: multiscalar politics Citizenship in the capitalist world-economy: movement and morals Key glossary terms from Chapter 5 Suggested reading Activities 6 Political geography of democracy Introduction Where in the world is liberal democracy? A world-systems interpretation of elections Liberal democracy in the core Elections beyond the core Social movements Key glossary terms from Chapter 6 Suggested reading Activities 7 Cities as localities Introduction Cities making hegemonies Modern territorial states tame cities Using cities to make political globalizations Citizens and global terrorism Challenges of the twenty-first century Key glossary terms from Chapter 7 Suggested reading Activities 8 Place and identity politics Introduction Theorizing political action in places Modernity and the politics of identity Identity politics and the institutions of the capitalist world-economy Place-space tensions Key glossary terms from Chapter 8 Suggested reading Activities Epilogue: A political geography framework for understanding our twenty-first century world The key concepts of our political geography Scale as political product and political arena Networks and the capitalist world-economy The temporal-spatial context of political action `Empire' and the opportunity to create places or spaces Climate change: the `ultimate' place-space tension The final words: welcome to political geography Glossary Bibliography Index