Contents // Preface io the First Edition viii // Preface to the Second Edition ix // Introduction i // 1 Politics, Geography and Political Geography 4 // 2 State Formation 19 // 3 From Welfare State to Workfare State 44 // 4 Democracy, Citizenship and Elections 71 // 5 Politics and the City 103 // 6 Identity Politics and Social Movements 125 // 7 Nationalism and Regionalism 145 // 8 Imperialism and Postcolonialism 169 // 9 Geopolitics and Anti-geopolitics 196 // References 221 // Index \ 231