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Space and Politics

Abstract

Social scientists have long been concerned with power and politics and with the geographic settings in which social life occurs. But these two concerns have evolved rather separately. In sociology, economics, and political science deductive traditions of the twentieth century stressed the importance of producing generalizations that were context invariant. If geographic context was brought in to these disciplines, it was largely with respect to variations between nation and states. Of course, geography has long directed its spatial imagination across a range of contexts. However, adding a critical view of power and privilege occurred rather late in the last century (Harvey 1973).

Authors

Hooks G; Lobao L

Book title

Handbook of Politics

Series

Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research

Pagination

pp. 367-384

Publisher

Springer Nature

Publication Date

January 1, 2010

DOI

10.1007/978-0-387-68930-2_20
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