This original study explores the difference that space and spatiality make to the understanding of power.
Explores the difference that space and spatiality makes to an understanding of power.
Moves forward the incorporation of ideas of space into social theory.
Presents a new understanding of the exercise, uses and manifestations of cultural, economic and political power in the second half of the twentieth century.
Illustrated with cases and examples.
About the Author
John Allen is Professor of Economic Geography at the Open University. His recent publications include Rethinking the Region: Spaces of Neoliberalism (1998, with Doreen Massey and Allan Cochrane) and Human Geography Today (1999, with Doreen Massey and Phil Sarre).
Features
Explores the difference that space and spatiality makes to an understanding of power.
Moves forward the incorporation of ideas of space into social theory.
Presents a new understanding of the exercise, uses and manifestations of cultural, economic and political power in the second half of the twentieth century.