Contested Worlds

’A fascinating and original introduction to contests over both the nature of the worlds that geographers study and how geographers study them.’ Ron Johnston, University of Bristol, UK ’This book marks an exciting new way of introducing the rich subject of human geography to students and other interested readers. The human geography of the world is itself a contested, fractured affair, and the contributors here expertly explore the spaces of this contested world. This book offers a particularly challenging, sophisticated and insightful first encounter with human geography as a serious intellectual project.’ Chris Philo, University of Glasgow, UK ’...it is an excellent perspective for advanced studies of human landscapes...Recommended.’ Choice ’The appeal of Phillips’ book is the richness of each chapter, especially the sensitive ways in which each contributor navigates through the differences in seeing their topic. There is a personality to this text - excellent synthesis of complex readings and some strong guidance from each writer to make the topic accessible at an introductory level...it offers students a [rich] sense of why the subject remains an exciting area for study.’ Times Higher Education Supplement 'The authors succinctly and comprehensively review debates and changes in approaches to development, the environment, geopolitics, regionality, South East Asian development, post-Socialist Europe, exclusions, gentrification, and finally rural spaces. The carefully-prepared chapters will reward newcomers to geography who were hitherto unaware of the full extent to which the discipline has been, and remains, politicized.' Alistair Fraser, University College Dublin, Ireland