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Material Politics: Disputes Along the Pipeline
Andrew Barry
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Description for Material Politics: Disputes Along the Pipeline
Hardcover. In Material Politics, author Andrew Barry reveals that as we are beginning to attend to the importance of materials in political life, materials has become increasingly bound up with the production of information about their performance, origins, and impact. Series: RGS-IBG Book Series. Num Pages: 258 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JPSL; RGCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 474.
In Material Politics, author Andrew Barry reveals that as we are beginning to attend to the importance of materials in political life, materials has become increasingly bound up with the production of information about their performance, origins, and impact.
- Presents an original theoretical approach to political geography by revealing the paradoxical relationship between materials and politics
- Explores how political disputes have come to revolve not around objects in isolation, but objects that are entangled in ever growing quantities of information about their performance, origins, and impact
- Studies the example of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline – a fascinating experiment in transparency and corporate ... Read more
- Capitalizes on the growing interdisciplinary interest, especially within geography and social theory, about the critical role of material artefacts in political life
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
Series
RGS-IBG Book Series
Number of Pages
258
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781118529119
SKU
V9781118529119
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Ref
99-12
About Andrew Barry
Andrew Barry is Professor of Human Geography at University College London.
Reviews for Material Politics: Disputes Along the Pipeline
“[Barry's] methods of inquiry, attention to detail, and brilliant accounts of the roles materials played in knowledge controversies are standout contributions to the field and challenge several of the assumptions of now-common disciplinary gestures to new materialisms.” (Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, 1 October 2014) “Despite the presence of some very prominent and overcoded political actors ... Read more