Geopolitics: Re-Visioning World Politics

by John Agnew

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Geopolitics identifies and scrutinizes the central features of geopolitics from the sixteenth century to the present. The book focuses on five key concepts of the modern geopolitical imagination:
* Visualising the world as a whole
* The definition of geographical areas as 'advanced' or 'primitive'
* The notion of the state being the highest form of political organization
* The pursuit of primacy by competing states
* The necessity for hierarchy.

  • ISBN10 1134389523
  • ISBN13 9781134389520
  • Publish Date 1 March 2004 (first published 6 November 1998)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Imprint Routledge
  • Edition 2nd edition
  • Format eBook
  • Pages 168
  • Language English