Territories: The Claiming of Space

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Front Cover Territories Copyright Page Contents List of figures Acknowledgements 1. Introduction Territory at a macro-scale Territory at a micro-scale Territory and power Structure of the book Further reading 2. Territory and territoriality Naturalizing territoriality Socialized territoriality The production of territory Territory, identity and place Summary Further reading 3. The territorial state Origins of states Key features of states The role and functions of the state Theories of the state Citizenship Summary Further reading 4. Nations and nationalism Nation and state The origins of nations National identity Nationalism Forms of nationalism The role and functions of nationalism Summary Further reading 5. Nationalism, territory and place The importance of history Territory and nation Territory, place and nationalism in the Balkans Four green fields Promised land England’s green and pleasant land Summary Further reading 6. The future of the sovereign state State failure The end of the state? Do states still matter? Summary Further reading 7. Territory, locality and community Sub-state territorializations Rolling back the state: from government to governance Administrative divisions and a sense of place Community and locality Summary Further reading 8. Territory and society Class and segregation Ethnicity, ‘race’ and space Geographies of resistance Gendered space Sexuality and space Work, rest and play Summary Further reading 9. Conclusions Bibliography Index