TY - BOOK AU - Blacksell,Mark TI - Political geography T2 - Routledge contemporary human geography series SN - 0415246679 AV - JC319 .B575 2006 PY - 2006/// CY - London, New York PB - Routledge KW - Political geography N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages [218]-230) and index; -- Table Of Contents; List of figures; List of boxes; Preface; Placing political geography; SECTION A Process and patterns; Human territoriality, maps, and the division of space; The idea of the state; Making states work: the variety of local state systems; The politics of difference; Civil society, pressure groups, and political parties; Electoral geographies; SECTION B Ideology and geopolitical visions; Imagining natural divisions of global power; Dreams into action: the making of national foreign policy; Annexing the oceans; SECTION C Beyond the state; Globalisation and the theory of world systems; International government and the modern state; Conclusion: the shape of things to come; References; Index ER -