Elgar Concise Encyclopedia of Geopolitics

Edited by Colin Flint, Distinguished Professor of Political Geography, School of Social Sciences, Utah State University, USA

‘This rich Encyclopedia usefully updates many of the classic concepts of geopolitics, such as state, territory, violence and diplomacy, but also highlights the geopolitical dimensions of such critical contemporary themes as political economy and ecology, climate change, energy and migration. This book can be warmly recommended to all scholars and students interested in geopolitics.’

• ContentsList of contributors xAcknowledgments xiiIntroduction 1Colin Flint1 Arctic and polar geopolitics 8Ingrid A. Medby2 Biopolitics 12Claudio Minca3 Body politics 16Jennifer L. Fluri4 Borders 19Md Azmeary Ferdoush5 Classic geopolitics 23Takashi Yamazaki6 Climate change 27Meredith J. DeBoom7 Colonialism 31Jo Sharp8 Cooperation 35Alun Jones9 Critical geopolitics 39Edward C. Holland10 Development 43Meredith J. DeBoom11 Diplomacy 47Alun Jones12 Emotion and affect 51Alun Jones13 Energy geopolitics 55Gavin Bridge14 Environmental geopolitics 60Shannon O’Lear15 Feminist geopolitics 63Jennifer L. Fluri16 Geopolitical economy 66Sami Moisio17 Geopolitical eras 70John Agnew18 Geopolitical imagination 74James A. Tyner19 Geopolitical traditions 77Virginie Mamadouh20 Hegemony 81Andrew Grant21 Hydropolitics 85Edith Kauffer22 Identity 89Virginie Mamadouh23 Indigenous geopolitics 93Jo Sharp24 Infrastructure 97Galen Murton25 International order 102Colin Flint26 International organisations 106Padraig Carmody27 Land and sea powers 109Takashi Yamazaki28 Language 113Virginie Mamadouh29 Materialist geopolitics 117Britain Hopkins and Ian Klinke30 Methodology 120Mark Ortiz, Belén Noroña,Kauʻi Lopes (Kumu Hula),Sanae Hartmann, ChanelLange-Maney, LucyLaubenstein, Lucy Thompson,and Lorraine Dowler31 Migration 124Caroline Nagel32 Militarism and militarization 128Judith Verweijen33 Nationalism 132Natalie Koch34 Peace 136Kara E. Dempsey35 Political ecology 140Alexander Loftus36 Popular geopolitics 144Alice Watson37 Poststructuralist geopolitics 148Jennifer L. Fluri38 Power 150James A. Tyner39 Race and ethnicity 154Douglas L. Allen andChristabel Devadoss40 Radical geopolitics 158Federico Ferretti41 Religion and religious places 162Gertjan Dijkink42 Resources 166Meredith J. DeBoom43 Social movements 170Byron Miller44 States 174Sami Moisio45 Territory and territoriality 178Steven M. Radil46 Toponomy 182Virginie Mamadouh47 Violence 186Takashi Yamazaki48 War 190James A. Tyner and Esmaeel Adrah