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Painter-3780-Prelims:Painter Prelims.qxp 11/26/2008 3:34 PM Page i Political Geography Painter-3780-Prelims:Painter Prelims.qxp 11/26/2008 3:34 PM Page ii Painter-3780-Prelims:Painter Prelims.qxp 11/26/2008 3:34 PM Page iii Political Geography An Introduction to Space and Power Joe Painter and Alex Jeffrey Painter-3780-Prelims:Painter Prelims.qxp 11/26/2008 3:34 PM Page iv ©JoePainterandAlexJeffrey2009 Firstpublished2009 Apartfromanyfairdealingforthepurposesofresearchorprivatestudy,or criticismorreview,aspermittedundertheCopyright,DesignsandPatentsAct, 1988,thispublicationmaybereproduced,storedortransmittedinanyform,or byanymeans,onlywiththepriorpermissioninwritingofthepublishers,orin thecaseofreprographicreproduction,inaccordancewiththetermsoflicences issuedbytheCopyrightLicensingAgency.Enquiriesconcerningreproduction outsidethosetermsshouldbesenttothepublishers. SAGEPublicationsLtd 1Oliver’sYard 55CityRoad LondonEC1Y1SP SAGEPublicationsInc. 2455TellerRoad ThousandOaks,California91320 SAGEPublicationsIndiaPvtLtd B1/I1MohanCooperativeIndustrialArea MathuraRoad,PostBag7 NewDelhi110044 SAGEPublicationsAsia-PacificPteLtd 33PekinStreet#02-01 FarEastSquare Singapore048763 LibraryofCongressControlNumber:2008939921 BritishLibraryCataloguinginPublicationdata AcataloguerecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary ISBN978-1-4129-0137-6 ISBN978-1-4129-0138-3(pbk) TypesetbyC&MDigitalsPvtLtd,Chennai,India PrintedbyTheCromwellPressLtd,Trowbridge,Wiltshire Printedonpaperfromsustainableresources Painter-3780-Prelims:Painter Prelims.qxp 11/26/2008 3:34 PM Page ix Preface to the Second Edition Thesecondeditionofthisbookemergesintoadramaticallydifferentpolitical and intellectual context from the first. Where the first edition charted a new world order marked by post-Cold War transformations and political move- ments,thiseditioniswritteninageopoliticalmomentcharacterizedbytheUS- ledmilitaryinterventioninIraq,theriseofglobalconcernsoverclimatechange, new anxieties over the consequences of corporate-led globalization and the increasingprominenceofChinaasaglobalsuperpower.Intandemwiththese globaltrendswecanalsoobservenewstylesofpoliticalparticipationandagency onamicro-scale.Newsocialmovementsandnon-governmentalorganizations (NGOs) are changing the nature of state-society relations and creating new stylesofcitizenshipbasedupondirectaction.Thiseditionprovidesanoppor- tunity to reflect on this political context and how it has reshaped our under- standings of space and power. In intellectual terms, the second edition finds PoliticalGeographyamuchaltered,expandedand,wewouldsay,strengthened strandofhumangeography.Thefirsteditionarguedfortheincorporationof socialandculturaltheoryintoPoliticalGeography.Overthelast13yearsthis theoreticalturnhasbeenembracedbymanypoliticalgeographers,establish- ingabodyofsophisticatedandempiricallyrichscholarship.Inthisedition,we review this work and chart further questions for research and discussion. In doing so we have expanded the range of topics under consideration, under- taken a complete revision of each chapter and expanded the number of chaptersfromsixtonine. Wewouldliketoofferthankstoanumberofpeoplewhohaveassistedand supportedthisprojectfromitsinception.Inparticular,wewouldliketothank RobertRojekatSageforhissupportandpatiencethroughthewritingprocess. Joewouldalsoliketothankawonderfulgroupofcolleaguesandformercol- leagues at Durham University, including Ben Anderson, Luiza Bialasiewicz, Karen Bickerstaff, Harriet Bulkeley, David Campbell, Rachel Colls, Mike Crang, Stuart Elden, Steve Graham, Paul Harrison, Adam Holden, Kathrin Hörschelmann, Kurt Iveson, Gordon MacLeod, Cheryl McEwan and Colin McFarlane. Alex has benefited from a welcoming and stimulating working environment at Newcastle University School of Geography, Politics and Sociology, in particular from teaching political geography alongside Nick Megoran. Alex would also like to thank Colin McFarlane, Alex Vasudevan, Painter-3780-Prelims:Painter Prelims.qxp 11/26/2008 3:34 PM Page v ToRachelandLaura Painter-3780-Prelims:Painter Prelims.qxp 11/26/2008 3:34 PM Page vi Painter-3780-Prelims:Painter Prelims.qxp 11/26/2008 3:34 PM Page vii Contents PrefacetotheFirstEdition viii PrefacetotheSecondEdition ix Introduction 1 1 Politics,GeographyandPoliticalGeography 4 2 StateFormation 19 3 FromWelfareStatetoWorkfareState 44 4 Democracy,CitizenshipandElections 71 5 PoliticsandtheCity 103 6 IdentityPoliticsandSocialMovements 125 7 NationalismandRegionalism 145 8 ImperialismandPostcolonialism 169 9 GeopoliticsandAnti-geopolitics 196 References 221 Index 231 Painter-3780-Prelims:Painter Prelims.qxp 11/26/2008 3:34 PM Page viii Preface to the First Edition The initial idea for this book arose while I was working at the University of Wales in Lampeter. I was teaching a course on Political Geography, which covered the usual topics of states, nations, territories and global and local power relations. Given the dramatic political changes that were going on in the world around me, this seemed highly topical, as well as allowing me to makegooduseofalong-standingacademicandpersonalinterestinpolitics. Casting round for ideas through which to interpret contemporary political change,Isawthatmanyofthemostinterestingconceptualdevelopmentsand theoretical debates in human geography seemed to be those associated with anupsurgeofinterestinsocialandculturaltheory.Theimplicationsofthese theories were widely regarded as highly political, and yet they seemed to be relativelylittleusedbypoliticalgeographersstudyingthekindsofsubstantive topicsinwhichIwasmostinterested.I’mdelightedtosaythatfouryearson increasingnumbersofgeographers(andothers)aredrawingontheinsights of social and cultural theory in explaining political-geographic change. The aimofthisbookistoshowhowsomeoftheseinsightscanhelptomakesense ofthefieldofpoliticalgeography. There a number of people who have helped me along the way, and whom I wouldliketothank. Graham Smithfirstintroducedme toPoliticalGeography whenIwasastudentandencouragedmetogetthisprojectoffthegroundinthe firstplace.JohnAllen,FelixDriverandMilesOgbornprovidedveryconstructive commentsonadraftofChapter1.Althoughtheydidnotalwaysrealizeitatthe time,Ihavehadstimulatingconversationsonthesubject-matterofthebookwith ParminderBakshi,PaulCloke,MikeCrang,PhilipCrang,MarkGoodwin,Miles Ogborn, Isobel MacPhail, Chris Philo and Alan Southern. The Geography DepartmentsattheUniversityofWales,LampeterandtheUniversityofDurham have proved welcoming, stimulating and supportive environments in which to work.LauraMcKelvieatEdwardArnoldhasbeenpatientandsupportive.Iowe mostofalltoRachelWoodward,whohashelpedwithideas,discussions,con- structive criticisms and much else besides. None of these people bears any responsibilityfortheshortcomingsofthefinishedproduct.Finally,Ihavededi- catedthebooktomyparents,BeatriceandDesmondPainter,withmuchloveand thanksfortheirsupportovertheyears.Theyfirstshowedmetheimportanceof politics.Ihopethisbookwillshowthemwhygeographymaybeimportanttoo. JoePainter Gateshead
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