Dr Murray Low STC.S512

This course is available on the BA in Geography, BSc in Economic History and Geography, BSc in Environment and Development, BSc in Environmental Policy with Economics and BSc in Geography with Economics. This course is available as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit and to General Course students.

An introduction to the relevance of a geographical perspective for explanation of contemporary political processes, and of a political perspective for explanation of contemporary geographies, at scales from the local to the global. Topics covered include: states; geopolitics; empires and national states; citizenship rights, migration and national 'closure'; nationalism, territory and identity; geographies of elections and representation; democratization; globalisation, neo-liberalism and governance.

In the Department of Geography and Environment, teaching will be delivered through a combination of classes/seminars, pre-recorded lectures, live online/in-person lectures and other supplementary interactive live activities.

This course is delivered through a combination of classes and lectures across Michaelmas Term and Lent Term.

This course includes a reading week in Week 6 of MichaelmasTerm and Week 6 of Lent Term

Students will be expected to submit one formative essay per term of up to 1,500 words.

Detailed reading lists will include journal articles, but indicative texts include: J Agnew, Making Political Geography, 2002; C Barnett and M Low (eds.) Spaces of Democracy 2004; J Agnew & S Corbridge, Mastering Space, 1995; K Cox, M Low and J Robinson (eds) The Sage Handbook of Political Geography, 2008.

Take home exam (75%, duration: 7 days) in the ST.
Essay (25%, 2000 words) in the LT.

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