Showing papers by "John Agnew published in 1995"

Mastering Space: Hegemony, Territory and International Political Economy

Abstract: For over two hundred years the domination of some countries by others has been intrinsic to international relations, with national economic and political strength viewed as essential to a nation's survival and global position. Mastering Space identifies the essential features of this "state-centredness" and suggests an optimistic alternative more in keeping with the contemporary post-Cold War climate. Drawing on recent geopolitical thinking, the authors claim that the dynamism of the international political economy has been obscured through excessive attention on the state as an unchanging actor. Dealing with such topical issues as Japan's rise to economic dominance and America's perceived decline, as well as the global impact of continued geographical change, the book discusses the role of geographical organization in the global political economy, and the impact of increasing economic globalisation and political fragmentation in future international relations. The authors identify the present time as crucial to the global political economy, and explore the possibilities of moving the world from mastering space to real reciprocity between peoples and places. John Agnew is a Professor of Geography at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University. Stuart Corbridge is a lecturer in Geography at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Sidney Sussex College.

The Rhetoric of Regionalism: The Northern League in Italian Politics, 1983-94

Abstract: Research on the geography of political movements has tended to emphasize the social processes which produce support for the movements rather than the geographical objectives of the movements and the political basis of their appeal. This paper examines the rise of the Northemrn League in northern Italy in terms of the movement's rhetoric and support. The key argument is that this movement shifted its rhetoric from regional separatism to national populism as it gained in electoral strength in northemrn Italy and as the established parties of government collapsed. The original rhetoric of regionalism has given way to a rhetoric of national political renewal based on a projection of 'northern' political virtues. Although localistic in its social roots the Northemrn League has been drawn into a national political discourse in which national political ambitions have displaced regional ones. For even the most devotedly local of parties regional ambitions were not enough. This has implications for all forms of politics based on drawing an opposition between the local and the national.

The Geography of the World Economy: An Introduction to Economic Geography

Abstract: The Geography of the World Economy provides an in-depth and stimulating introduction to the theory and practice of economic geography. Giving emphasis to the 'globalisation' of the world economy and its interactions with both developed and developing countries, this textbook offers a consideration of local, regional and global economic development over the long historical term. Fully illustrated throughout, this new edition has been thoroughly reworked and updated to take account of the substantial changes in the world economy since the appearance of the second edition in 1994. Extending its coverage of world cities, labour markets, and the international financial system, the third edition also includes new material on commodity chains, women in development, tourism, sustainable development, the global office and the informational economy.

Thrift, N. 1983: On the determination of social action in space and time. Environment and Planning D: Society and Space 1, 23-57

Abstract: This was the most cited article written by a human geographer in the period 1985-89 (62 citations) and ranks 24 on the list of ’major classics’, journal articles written between 1969 and 1989 (Bodman, 1995). In terms of ’raw’ citations, therefore, this relatively recent article counts as important and potentially influential. It also shows up prominently in a number of books that would not be included in the citation count. These include Agnew’s Place and politics (1987), Entrikin’s The betweenness of place (1991) and Friedland and Boden’s NowHere: space, time and modernity ( 1994) . It is usually cited as providing either a critical review of the concept of ’structuration’ as this can be applied to the work of such writers as Anthony Giddens, Pierre Bourdieu, Derek Layder and Roy Bhaskar, or as indicating the general rapprochement beginning in the 1980s between human geography and social theory. The article itself, however, is only partially a review of the structuration concept. It has