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People - States - Territories: The Political Geographies of British State Transformation
Rhys Jones
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Description for People - States - Territories: The Political Geographies of British State Transformation
Paperback. People/States/Territories examines the role of state personnel in shaping, and being shaped by, state organizations and territories. This text develops a conceptual understanding of the state as a continually emerging and contingent territorial organization, which is reproduced, transformed and contested by state personnel. Series: RGS-IBG Book Series. Num Pages: 232 pages, 17. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JPA; JPP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 346.
People/States/Territories examines the role of state personnel in shaping, and being shaped by, state organizations and territories, and demonstrates how agents have actively contributed to the reproduction and transformation of the British state over the long term.
- A valuable corrective to recent characterizations of territory as a static and given geographical concept
- An explication of the political geographies of state reproduction and transformation, through its focus on state territoriality and the variegated character of state power
- Considerable empirical insight into the consolidation of the British state over the long term.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Series
RGS-IBG Book Series
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781405140348
SKU
V9781405140348
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-22
About Rhys Jones
Rhys Jones is a Senior Lecturer in Human Geography at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, whose research interests lie in the political geographies of state transformation. His work has appeared in a number of papers published in international social science journals.
Reviews for People - States - Territories: The Political Geographies of British State Transformation
"Peoples/States/Territories is an extremely important book. It provides a compelling historical analysis of the British state and will be of interest to geographers, political scientists, historians and sociologists. It is the best account we have on the territorial foundations of British political authority and demonstrates the enormous potential of integrating techniques and ideas from both historical and political geography." ... Read more