Geopolitics is concerned with the interface of geography and international relations. This book traces the history of geopolitics from its origins in the late-19th century to its rediscovery in the 1970s by a new generation of geographers and political scientists, who became aware of the importance of the geopolitical perspective to a fuller understanding of contemporary issues. Such issues include the persistence of ethnic, national and religious conflicts, environmental problems, inequalities in the apportionment of the world's physical and human resources, and the impact of globalization. The text highlights the inadequacy of existing geopolitical structures and the need to devise new ones more relevant to the needs of the contemporary world, paying particular attention to ideas of world order (ranging from the classical "balance of power" to general systems theory, and the relevance of these to the better understanding of the contemporary world), and contemporary western approaches to the subject.
- ISBN10 1855673975
- ISBN13 9781855673977
- Publish Date 1 April 1998
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 30 June 2005
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Imprint Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
- Format Paperback
- Pages 208
- Language English