Geopolitics: A Very Short Introduction - Brossura

Dodds, Klaus

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ISBN 10: 0199206589 ISBN 13: 9780199206582

Casa editrice: OUP Oxford, 2007

Riassunto

Geopolitics is a way of looking at the world: one that considers the links between political power, geography, and cultural diversity.

In certain places such as Iraq or Lebanon, moving a few feet either side of a territorial boundary can be a matter of life or death, dramatically highlighting the connections between place and politics. Even far away from these 'danger zones' - in Europe or the US for example - geopolitics remains an important part of everyday life. For a country's location and size as well as its sovereignty and resources all affect how the people that live there understand and interact with the wider world.

Using wide-ranging examples, from historical maps to James Bond films and the rhetoric of political leaders like Churchill and George W. Bush, this Very Short Introduction shows why, for a full understanding of contemporary global politics, it is not just smart - it is essential - to be geopolitical.

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Recensione:

...promising and helpful. I have no doubt that other university teachers will... assign this inviting little book to their freshman students. (James D. Sidaway, Cultural Geographies)

Engrossing study of a complex topic.

L'autore:

Klaus Dodds is Professor of Geopolitics at Royal Holloway, University of London, where he is also Director of the Politics & Environment Research Group. His principal areas of interest are geopolitics and the international governance of the Antarctic, and his previous books include Global Geopolitics: A Critical Introduction (2005) and Pink Ice: Britain and the South Atlantic Empire (2002). In November 2005, he was awarded a Philip Leverhulme Prize for his research achievements in the field of geopolitics and political geography.

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• Editore: OUP Oxford
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0199206589
• ISBN 13: 9780199206582
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 200