Editorial Activities

Book Review Editor, Geopolitics

The study of geopolitics has undergone a major renaissance during the past decade. Addressing a gap in the in the published periodical literature, this journal seeks to explore the theoretical implications of contemporary geopolitics and geopolitical change with particular reference to territorial problems and issues of state sovereignty . Multidisciplinary in its scope, Geopolitics includes all aspects of the social sciences with particular emphasis on political geography, international relations, the territorial aspects of political science and international law. The journal seeks to maintain a healthy balance between systemic and regional analysis.

Please visit the publisher's website for detailed information.

Book series, Critical Geopolitics. Ashgate

Over the last two decades, critical geopolitics has become a prominent field in human geography. It has developed to encompass topics associated with popular culture, everyday life, architecture and urban form as well as the more familiar issues of security, inter-national relations and global power projection. Critical geopolitics takes inspiration from studies of governmentality and biopolitics, gender and sexuality, political economy and development, postcolonialism, as well as the burgeoning study of emotion and affect. Methodologically, it continues to employ discursive analysis but is increasingly experimenting with ethnography and participatory research methods. This rich field continues to develop new ways of thinking about geopolitics analytically and new ways of investigating them empirically.

This series provides an opportunity for early career researchers as well as established scholars to publish theoretically informed monographs and edited volumes that directly engage with the agendas associated with critical geopolitics and related areas such as international relations theory and security studies. In particular, it seeks to explore some of the key debates and theoretical, conceptual and methodological cutting edges around the critical analysis of geopolitics today. With an emphasis on accessible writing, the books in the series, though academically rigorous, should appeal to wider public audiences including journalists, policy communities and civil society organizations with interests in international affairs and contemporary practices of security, identity, and power.

For more information, see www.ashgate.com/criticalgeopolitics

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European Urban and Regional Studies
http://eur.sagepub.com/

European Urban and Regional Studies is a vital resource which meets the needs of today’s policy-makers, academic analysts and commentators.

This major journal provides a means of dialogue between different European traditions of intellectual enquiry on urban and regional development issues. In addition to exploring the ways in which space makes a difference to the future economic, social and political map of Europe, European Urban and Regional Studies highlights the connections between theoretical analysis and policy development. The journal also places changes in Europe in a broader global context.

Geography Compass (Political Geography section)
http://www.blackwell-compass.com/subject/geography/

Unique in both range and approach, Geography Compass publishes peer-reviewed surveys of the most important research and current thinking from across the entire discipline.

Geography Compass is inclusive: it does not privilege any one perspective over another, it is open to all authors, and publishes articles that are both theoretical and practical in orientation, or concerned with methodology, as well as issue-oriented reviews. The journal's emphasis is upon state-of-the-art reviews, supported by a comprehensive bibliography and accessible to an international readership of geographers and scholars in related disciplines. Geography Compass is aimed at students, researchers and non-specialist scholars, and will provide a unique reference tool for researching essays, preparing lectures, writing a research proposal, or just keeping up with new developments in a specific area of interest.

Journal of International Relations and Development
http://www.palgrave-journals.com/jird/index.html

JIRD is an independent and internationally peer-reviewed journal in international relations and international political economy. It publishes articles on contemporary world politics and the global political economy from a variety of methodologies and approaches.

The journal, whose history goes back to 1984, was originally established to encourage scholarly publications by authors coming from Central/Eastern Europe. In the late 1990s the journal was refounded as the official journal of the Central and East European International Studies Association (CEEISA), implementing a rigorous peer-review system and opening its pages to submissions from all scholars, regardless of regional affiliation. JIRD is a global journal with regional roots.