Understanding Geography and War [electronic resource] : Misperceptions, Foundations, and Prospects /
Pickering, Steve.author.
By delving into the history of geopolitics and bringing us up to date with cutting-edge case studies looking at infrastructure, terrain, and maps, this book will dispel simplistic and misleading notions about the nature of how humans interact with the environment. Stops on the way will include critical geopolitics, religious geopolitics, popular geopolitics, feminist geopolitics, and, newest of all, critical quantitative geopolitics. More importantly, it uncovers new areas of research for the next generation of researchers, showing how critical and quantitative methods can be applied to look at how geography and war relate to diverse areas such as disease, sport, dispossession, and immigration. .
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
1. History -- 2. Critical approaches -- 3. Feminist approaches -- 4. Popular geopolitics -- 5. Religious geopolitics -- 6. Critical quantitative methods -- 7. Conclusion.
By delving into the history of geopolitics and bringing us up to date with cutting-edge case studies looking at infrastructure, terrain, and maps, this book will dispel simplistic and misleading notions about the nature of how humans interact with the environment. Stops on the way will include critical geopolitics, religious geopolitics, popular geopolitics, feminist geopolitics, and, newest of all, critical quantitative geopolitics. More importantly, it uncovers new areas of research for the next generation of researchers, showing how critical and quantitative methods can be applied to look at how geography and war relate to diverse areas such as disease, sport, dispossession, and immigration. .
International relations.
Peace.
Globalization.
Diplomacy.
International Relations.
Conflict Studies.
Globalization.
Diplomacy.