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290032 VO Einführung in die Politische Geographie (2005W)
Einführung in die Politische Geographie
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Do 13:00-15:00 Hs. II NIG; Beginn: 13.10.2005
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Objectives: Knowledge of most important theories and concepts of Political Geography especially those of postmodernism as well as actual research fields shown along practical examples.
What is the meaning of Political Geography? A first introduction. Right and wrong ways in dealing with Political Geography versus Geopolitics 1895-2005, the discipline history. Political geographical analysis based on critical, neo-marxist and liberal onsets. Geographical conflict research/Radical Geography. Critical Geography. Real human space and constructed imaginations. Deconstructiion of the archeology of power symbols.
Actual fields of research: Political conflicts concerning territorial power, local, national, global. Globalization effects and new international relations. Political conflicts around economic as well as ecological ressources. Regional conflicts and new social movements. Space patterns of collective political identity.ECTS-Punkte (ECTS credit points): 3