{"product_id":"resistance-space-and-political-identities-9781405158091","title":"Resistance Space and Political Identities","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUtilizing research on networked struggles in both the 18th-century Atlantic world and our modern day, \u003ci\u003eResistance, Space and Political Identities: The Making of Counter-Global Networks\u003c\/i\u003e challenges existing understandings of the relations between space, politics, and resistance to develop an innovative account of networked forms of resistance and political activity.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores counter-global struggles in both the past and presentincluding both the 18th-century Atlantic world and contemporary forms of resistance\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExamines the productive geographies of contestation\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eForegrounds the solidarities and geographies of connection between different place-based struggles and argues that such solidarities are essential to produce more plural forms of globalization\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This is a book that demands the attention and engagement of geographers, and others 'inside' and 'outside' academia, working on the intersections between social movements, political identities and the neoliberal state, ultimately offering a productive and uniquely positive approach to understanding and acting on the issues raised by such concerns.\" (\u003ci\u003eArea\u003c\/i\u003e, February 2011)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Featherstone has produced a book as dexterous, creative, and wide-ranging as the political networks it seeks to describe.\" (\u003ci\u003eProgress in Human Geography and Environment and Planning D\u003c\/i\u003e, February 2011)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This reviewer thinks we should be rather more generous - for, whatever the political objectives, we should be hugely grateful for Featherstone's rescuing of the past relational geographies of resistance.\" (\u003ci\u003eProgress in Human Progress in Human Progress\u003c\/i\u003e, February 2011)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This persuasive, important, and well-written book rethinks resistance to dominant forms of globalization by emphasizing the translocal, often transnational, character of subaltern protest ... Featherstone has produced a book as dexterous, creative, and wide-ranging as the political network it seeks to describe.\" (\u003ci\u003eEnvironment and Planning D: Society and Space\u003c\/i\u003e, 2010)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"In summary, RSPI is an incisive and stimulating work that significantly enhances our understanding of the construction and operation of counter-globalization networks. It extends and develops relational accounts of political identities and space in important ways, contributing to debates in political theory, human geography and social movement.\" (\u003ci\u003eSocial Movement Studies\u003c\/i\u003e, 22 October 2010)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Featherstone's book contributes to our understanding of the formation of counter-global networks. He shows that transnational networks are not void of place.... This book provides a good starting point for scholars who seek an understanding what happens to networks when subaltern relationships are spread across the globe.\" (\u003ci\u003eMobilization\u003c\/i\u003e, March 2010)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This optimistic take on the role of political contestation in world-making processes is a welcome change from the gloom and doom so typical of other geographical texts.\" (\u003ci\u003eEnvironment and Planning A\u003c\/i\u003e, 2009)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeries Editors’ Preface viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Space, Contestation and the Political 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Networking the Political 13\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Place and the Relational Construction of Political Identities 15\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Geographies of Solidarities and Antagonisms 36\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Geographies of Connection and Contestation 57\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Labourers’ Politics and Mercantile Networks 59\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Making Democratic Spatial Practices 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Counter-Global Networks and the Making of Subaltern Nationalisms 99\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Political Geographies of the Counter-Globalization Movement 119\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Geographies of Power and the Counter-Globalization Movement 121\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Constructing Transnational Political Networks 149\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion: Towards Politicized Geographies of Connection 177\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 190\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 196\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 221 \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407891931479,"sku":"9781405158091","price":23.74,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781405158091.jpg?v=1730500870","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/resistance-space-and-political-identities-9781405158091","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}