Delaney Territory

A Short Introduction
1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-1-4051-5305-8
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 176 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Short Introductions to Geography

This short introduction conveys the complexities associated withthe term "territory" in a clear and accessible manner. It surveysthe field and brings theory to ground in the case ofPalestine.
* * A clear and accessible introduction to the complexitiesassociated with the term "territory".
* Provides an interdisciplinary survey of the many strands ofresearch in the field.
* Addresses specific areas including interpretations ofterritorial structures; the relationship between territoriality andscale; the validity and fluidity of territory; and the practical,social processes associated with territorialre-configurations.
* Stresses that our understanding of territory is inseparablefrom our understanding of power.
* Uses Israel/Palestine as an extended illustrative casestudy.
* The author's strong legal and geographical backgroundgives the work an authoritative perspective.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Delaney, David

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations.
Series Editors' Preface.
Acknowledgments.
1 Entering the Territory of Territory.
2 Disciplining and Undisciplining Territory.
3 Human Territoriality and its Boundaries.
4 Parsing Palisraelestine.
5: Further Explorations.
Bibliography.
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

David Delaney teaches in the Department of Law, Jurisprudence and Social Thought at Amherst College. He is the author of Race, Place and the Law: 1836-1948 (1998) and Law and Nature (2003), and co-editor of The Legal Geographies Reader (Blackwell, 2001).