{"product_id":"material-politics-9781118529119","title":"Material Politics","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eMaterial Politics\u003c\/i\u003e, author Andrew Barry reveals that as we are beginning to attend to the importance of materials in political life, materials has become increasingly bound up with the production of information about their performance, origins, and impact.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003ePresents an original theoretical approach to political geography by revealing the paradoxical relationship between materials and politics\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores how political disputes have come to revolve not around objects in isolation, but objects that are entangled in ever growing quantities of information about their performance, origins, and impact\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eStudies the example of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline  a fascinating experiment in transparency and corporate social responsibility  and its wide-spread negative political impact\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCapitalizes on the growing interdisciplinary interest, especially within geography and social theory, about the critical role of material artefacts in political lif\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[Barry's] methods of inquiry, attention to detail, and brilliant accounts of the roles materials played in knowledge controversies are standout contributions to the field and challenge several of the assumptions of now-common disciplinary gestures to new materialisms.”  (\u003ci\u003eEnvironment and Planning D: Society and Space\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 October 2014)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Despite the presence of some very prominent and overcoded political actors in this project, such as global oil companies, NGOs, activists and national governments, Barry’s meticulous attention to seemingly minor elements and complex relations displaces any recourse to easy reductionism. The usual suspects become part of a multitude of participants entangled in the project’s controversies, and their overt political capacities are often displaced or disabled by the performance of the most mundane things. In this analysis systemic patterns of causation are difficult to identify. Barry maps relational complexity with incredible skill, and the result is a sophisticated account of the contingencies of politics.”  (\u003ci\u003eContemporary Political Theory\u003c\/i\u003e, 18 November 2014)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Andrew Barry’s genius as a writer is that he teaches you something new about something that you thought you already knew.”  (\u003ci\u003eScience \u0026amp; Technology Studies\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 November 2014)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSeries Editors’ Preface viii\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eList of Figures and Tables ix\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAcknowledgements x\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAbbreviations xiii\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Introduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Georgian Route: Between Political and Physical Geography 31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Transparency ’ s Witness 57\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Ethical Performances 75\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The Affected Public 95\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Visible Impacts 116\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Material Politics 137\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Economy and the Archive 154\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Conclusions 177\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 187\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 202\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406885822807,"sku":"9781118529119","price":54.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781118529119.jpg?v=1730497446","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/material-politics-9781118529119","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}