Reordering The World: Geopolitical Perspectives On The 21st Century

by Demko,George J

• ISBN13: 9780813334059
• ISBN10: 0813334055
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1998-12-25
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Using an integrative approach to international relations, the second edition ofReordering the Worldreturns the "geo" to geopolitical analysis of current global issues. The contributors focus on key emerging world issues, such as spatial data technology, IGOs/NGOs, gender and world politics, boundary disputes, refugee flows, ecological degradation, and UN intervention in civil wars. They also assess the redefinition of international relations by instantaneous, worldwide financial and telecommunication linkages and explore the struggles of new multinational and nongovernmental organizations to define their roles. Using current real-world examples, this group of eminent geographers challenges the reader to rethink international relations and reorder the world political map.

Author Biography

George J. Demko is professor of geography at Dartmouth College. William B. Wood is director of the Office of the Geographer, U.S. Department of State. George J. Demko is professor of geography at Dartmouth College. William B. Wood is director of the Office of the Geographer, U.S. Department of State.

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figures	vii	(2)
List of Acronyms	ix	(2)
Preface	xi
PART 1 POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY: RECURRING ISSUES, NEW PERSPECTIVES	3	(138)
1 Introduction: Political Geography for the Next Millennium	3	(16)
William B. Wood
George J. Demko
2 Changing Times, Changing Scales: World Politics and Political Geography Since 1890	19	(21)
Colin Flint
3 Geopolitics in the New World Era: A New Perspective on an Old Discipline	40	(29)
Saul B. Cohen
4 International Boundaries: Lines in the Sand (and the Sea)	69	(25)
Bradford L. Thomas
5 The Power and Politics of Maps	94	(23)
Alan K. Henrikson
6 Electoral Geography and Gerrymandering: Space and Politics	117	(24)
Richard Morrill
PART 2 POLITICAL GEOGRAPHIES OF PEOPLE AND RESOURCES	141	(68)
7 Population, Politics, and Geography: A Global Perspective	141	(13)
George J. Demko
8 International Migration: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back	154	(17)
William B. Wood
9 Exploiting, Conserving, and Preserving Natural Resources	171	(21)
Susan L. Cutter
10 Geo-Analysis for the Next Century: New Data and Tools for Sustainable Development	192	(17)
William B. Wood
PART 3 INTERNATIONAL PROCESSES OF GEOPOLITICAL CHANGE	209	(110)
11 People Together, Yet Apart: Rethinking Territory, Sovereignty, and Identities	209	(18)
David B. Knight
12 International Law and the Sovereign State System: Challenges to the Status Quo	227	(19)
Alexander B. Murphy
13 Global Ecopolitics	246	(14)
Phyllis Mofson
14 Nongovernmental Organizations on the Geopolitical Front Line	260	(19)
Marie D. Price
15 Global Hegemony Versus National Economy: The United States in the New World Economy	279	(13)
John Agnew
16 Geopolitical Information and Communications in the Twenty-First Century	292	(27)
Stanley D. Brunn
Jeffrey A. Jones
Shannon O'Lear
About the Editors and Contributors	319	(2)
Index	321