Reordering The World

Part 1 Recurring issues and problems: introduction - international relations through the prism of geography, George J. Demko and William B. Wood; geopolitics in the new world era - a new perspective on an old discipline, Saul B. Cohen; the power and politics of maps, Alan K. Henrikson; people together, yet apart - rethinking territory, sovereignty and identities, David B. Knight; international boundaries - lines in the sand (and the sea), Bradford L. Thomas; electoral geography and gerrymandering - space and politics, Richard Morrill. Part 2 Resources, the environment and population: exploiting, conserving and preserving natural resources, Susan L. Cutter; global environmental hazards - politicial issues in societal responses, Roger E. Kasperson; global ecopolitics, Phyllis Mofson; population, politics and geography - a global perspective, G.J. Demko; crossing the line - geopolitics on international migration, W.B. Wood. Part 3 Changing international processes and relations: international law and the sovereign state - challenges to the status quo, Alexander B. Murphy; the Fourth World - nations versus states, Bernard Nietschmann; the United States and NGOs - future roles, Christine Drake; global hegemony versus national economy - the United States in the New World Order, John Agnew; maximizing entropy? - new geopolitical orders and the internationalization of business, Stuart Corbridge; geopolitical information and communication in shrinking and expanding worlds 1900-2100, Stanley D. Brunn and Jeffrey A. Jones.