Pluralism and Political Geography (eBook, ePUB)

People, Territory and State
Redaktion: Kliot, Nurit; Waterman, Stanley

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In this comprehensive study, problems of racial and religious division are examines in places as diverse as Northern Ireland and the West Bank. Territorial and spatial expression, intergovernmental relationships in federal states, alliance blocs within the United Nations and American foreign policy are among the wide range of subjects covered. The problems are considered using both traditional and radical approaches, but throughout, the book argues that apply the concept of pluralism isn the best way of understanding the political geography of the modern world.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. November 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317338567
• Artikelnr.: 49353234

Autorenporträt

Nurit Kliot, Stanley Waterman

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction Nurit Kliot and Stanley Waterman Part 1: Theory and
Political Geography 2. The Question of Theory in Political Geography Peter
J. Taylor 3. Theory and Traditional Political Geography Saul B. Cohen 4.
Who Needs Theory? A Response from the Schizophrenic Middle Ground Ronald J.
Johnston 5. The Question of Theory in Political Geography: Outlines for a
Critical Theory Approach Ray Hudson Part 2: People - Human Perspectives on
Pluralism 6. Equity and Freedom in Political Geography Paul Claval 7.
Political Integration and Division in Plural Societies - Problems of
Recognition, Measurement and Salience J. Neville H. Douglas 8. Dilemmas of
Pluralism in the United States Richard L. Morrill 9. The Changing Situaiton
of Majority and Minority and Its Spatial Expression - the Case of the Arab
Minority in Israel Arnon Soffer 10. Communal Conflict in Jerusalem - The
Spread of Ultra-Orthodox Neighbourhoods Yosseph Shilhave Part 3:
Territorial Perspectives on Pluralism 11. The Dilemma of Nations in a Rigid
State Structured World David B. Knight 12. The International Frontier in
Microcosm - the Shankill-Falls Divide: Belfast Frederick W. Boal and David
N. Livingstone 13. Dissimilarities in the Evolution of Froniter
Characteristics Along Boundaries of Differing Political and Cultural
Regions Moshe Brawer 14. Dualism and Landscape Transformation in Northern
Sinai - Some Outcomes of the Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty Nurit Kliot 15.
Space,Territory and Competition - Israel and the West Bank Gwyn Rowley
Part 4: Pluralism - The State and the World 16. On the Instrumental
Function of Political Geography Shalom Reichman 17. The Transformation of
Local Government from Counties to Regions Andrew F. Burghardt 18.
Versatility versus Continuity - The Dilemma of Jurisidictional Change Rex
D. Honey 19. Intergovernmental Relationships and the Territorial Structure
of Federal States Ronan Paddison 20. Boundaries as Barriers - The
Predicament of Land-Locked Countries Henrik-Jan A. Reitsma 21. Identifying
Regional Alliances and Blocs in the United Nations Voting - Some
Preliminary Results of Votes Affecting Israel Stanley D. Brunn and Gerald
L. Ingalls 22. A Geopolitical Model for International Behaviour Robert W.
McColl 23. American Foreign Policy for the Eighties Saul B. Cohen Coclusion
24. Overview Stanley Waterman and Nurit Kliot