Politische Geographie. Handlungsorientierte Ansätze und CriticalGeopolitics
Géographie politique. Essai axé sur l'action et la criticalgeopolitics
Geopolitics ; Political geography ; Territory ; Theory
Les 19 contributions s'intéressent à la géographie politique et à la géopolitique (criticalgeopolitics, écologie politique, théorie commerciale). Les débats concernant la méthode et la théorie scientifiques se trouvent au premier plan. - (HPB)
Gender and criticalgeopolitics: reading security discourse in the new world disorder
Feminism ; Geopolitics ; International relations ; Power ; Security ; Theory ; War
The A. argues that investigating the gendered assumptions in the study of international relations and forign policy-making, in addition to more explicitly geopolitical reasoning, shows how political spatialisations render women vulnerable.
Wozu Raum ? Systemtheorie, criticalgeopolitics und raumbezogene Semantiken
Quel espace ? Théorie des systèmes, criticalgeopolitics et sémantiques spatiales
. For that, the epistemological constructivism is used as a basis and will be extented by the theory of social systems by Luhmann. Through a brief analysis of objects the second part attempts to arrive at a sketch of space-related semantics. In addition the approach of critical
geopolitics is analysed. In conclusion concepts of space-related semantics both in its formal and functional aspects are sketched out. - (IfL)
Geopolitics, cartography and the state in South America
Argentina ; Brazil ; Cartographical display ; Foreign policy ; Geopolitics ; International relations ; Political geography ; Power ; Security ; South America ; Sphere of influence
Some neglected elements about South American geopolitics are explored in terms of linking this geopolitical field to a critical discussion of cartography, geography and the development of the state of South America. The role and contribution
of « criticalgeopolitics » is discussed. As an intellectual project, it needs to broaden its existing Anglocentric base.
Japanese geopolitics and its background. What is the real legacy of the past ?
Economic system ; Foreign policy ; Geopolitics ; Ideology ; Imperialism ; Japan ; Political geography ; Sovereignty
Japanese geopolitics of the imperialistic era has been severely criticized in post-war Japan. Many intellectuals were closely linked to such questionable geopolitics. From the early part of the 1930s, some intellectuals began to refashion
their negative posture and geopolitical thought came to affect policy-making. From the latter half of the 1930s, geopolitics was linked to a traditional concept regarding land. As far as geographers were concerned, their lending of countenance to geopolitics
Geopolitics ; International relations ; Policy ; Political geography ; Power ; Social movement ; Sovereignty ; State ; Territoriality
The papers strive to negociate geopolitics with a critical perspective on the force of fusions of geographical knowledge and systems of power. The first problematic is that of the state as a producer, administrator and ruler of space. The second
is more narrowly focused on the history of geopolitics as a 20th-century discourse of statecraft. The third concerns the entwining of communications, media and the politics of identity in the production of geographical knowledge and the nation. The fourth
concerns the geopolitics of environmental question and the last the entwining of questions of geopolitics with those of gender.
Voices from the margins : Pacific ambassadors and the geopolitics of marginality at the United Nations
Criticalgeopolitics ; Diplomacy ; International relations ; Island ; Microstate ; Pacific Region ; United Nations
The paper captures some of the structural deficiencies within the U.N.' decision-making processes at its headquarters in New York. Ideas and methodological approaches from criticalgeopolitics are adopted to examine semi-structured interviews
Practicing geographical uniqueness : the geopolitics of prenegotiation and Icelandic accession to the European Union
Agricultural policy ; Criticalgeopolitics ; Diplomacy ; European Union ; Iceland ; Political geography ; Reykjavik ; Territory
in contemporary criticalgeopolitics for research that examines the conditions under which geopolitical knowledge is produced and circulated, and the multiple political consequences that arise from its use.
This article discusses the geopolitics of prenegotiation and Icelandic accession to the European Union. Through this focus on the rhetorical and practical implications of geographical uniqueness, it exposes the importance of prenegotiation to calls
The geopolitics of eugenics and the incarceration of Japanese Americans
Competition ; Eugenics ; Geopolitics ; Immigration ; Incarceration ; Japaneses ; Political geography ; Racism ; United States of America
An integration of both geopolitics and eugenics stands to strengthen each concept and hence provide heretofore unexplored insights into 20th events. The A. provides a critical examination of the decision to incarcerate persons of Japanese ancestry
during the Second World War. The immigration of Japanese to the United States and later their incarceration occurred following Chinese immigration and resulting discrimination and during the rise of both the eugenics movement and geopolitical thinking.
Zivilmacht Europa : a criticalgeopolitics of the European Union as a global power
Civilian power ; Criticalgeopolitics ; Europe ; European Union ; European integration ; Geopolitics ; Imperialism ; Policy ; Political integration ; Power ; Sphere of influence
Localizing geopolitics : disaggregating violence and return in conflict regions
Bosnia and Herzegovina ; Civil war ; Criticalgeopolitics ; Ethnic cleansing ; Geopolitics ; Nationalism ; Political geography ; Refugees ; Regional geography ; Territorial identity ; Transfer of population
Strategic territory and territorial strategy: the geopolitics of Walvis Bay's reintegration into Namibia
Administration ; Colonization ; Conflict ; Enclave ; Geopolitics ; History ; Namibia ; Political geography
Discussion of the focus and concerns of criticalgeopolitical analysis, with reference to the contested enclave of Walvis Bay. The eventual reintegration of Walvis Bay into Namibia in 1994 represents the final episode in a long and bitter liberation
Emerging China and criticalgeopolitics : between world politics and Chinese particularity
China ; Criticalgeopolitics ; Cultural studies ; Globalization ; History ; Nationalism ; Policy ; Political geography ; Political regime ; United States of America