Pluralism and Political Geography People, Territory and State [Paperback]

In this comprehensive study, problems of racial and religious division are examines in places as diverse as Northern Ireland and the West Bank. Territorial and spatial expression, intergovernmental relationships in federal states, alliance blocs within the United Nations and American foreign policy are among the wide range of subjects covered. The problems are considered using both traditional and radical approaches, but throughout, the book argues that apply the concept of pluralism isn the best way of understanding the political geography of the modern world.

1. Introduction Nurit Kliotand Stanley WatermanPart 1: Theory and Political Geography2. The Question of Theory in Political Geography Peter J. Taylor3. Theory and Traditional Political Geography Saul B. Cohen4. Who Needs Theory? A Response from the Schizophrenic Middle Ground Ronald J. Johnston5. The Question of Theory in Political Geography: Outlines for a Critical Theory Approach Ray HudsonPart 2: People  Human Perspectives on Pluralism 6. Equity and Freedom in Political Geography Paul Claval7. Political Integration and Division in Plural Societies  Problems of Recognition, Measurement and Salience J. Neville H. Douglas8. Dilemmas of Pluralism in the United States Richard L. Morrill 9. The Changing Situaiton of Majority and Minority and Its Spatial Expression  the Case of the Arab Minority in Israel Arnon Soffer10. Communal Conflict in Jerusalem  The Spread of Ultra-Orthodox Neighbourhoods Yosseph ShilhavePart 3: Territorial Perspectives on Pluralism11. The Dilemma of Nations in a Rigid State Structured World David B. Knight12. The International Frontier in Microcosm  the Shankill-Falls Divide: Belfast Frederick W. Boaland David N. Livingstone13. Dissimilarities in tlƒÔ