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Territory and Democratic Politics

A Critical Introduction

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Authors:
  1. Oscar Mazzoleni

    1. Lausanne, Switzerland

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  • This book is open access, which means that you have free and unlimited access.
  • Offers a timely, up-dated and critical introduction on the link between territory and democratic politics
  • Develops a framework for the analysis of territorial dimensions of democracy
  • Embraces both traditional topics and emerging issues

Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in European Political Sociology (PSEPS)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Why and How Territory

    • Oscar Mazzoleni
    Pages 1-6Open Access
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  3. Strength and Limits of Unterritorial Approaches

    • Oscar Mazzoleni
    Pages 7-22Open Access
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  4. Towards a Territory-Oriented Approach

    • Oscar Mazzoleni
    Pages 23-41Open Access
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  5. Beyond the Territorial State?

    • Oscar Mazzoleni
    Pages 43-64Open Access
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  6. Changing Democratic Citizenship

    • Oscar Mazzoleni
    Pages 65-79Open Access
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  7. Territorial Voting

    • Oscar Mazzoleni
    Pages 81-96Open Access
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  8. Territorial Populism

    • Oscar Mazzoleni
    Pages 97-111Open Access
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  9. A Global Territorial Crisis

    • Oscar Mazzoleni
    Pages 113-125Open Access
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  10. Thinking Democratic Politics with Territory

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    Pages 127-133Open Access
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  11. Back Matter

    Pages 135-138
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About this book

The book provides a comprehensive and updated introduction to concept of territory in the study of democratic politics. Territory plays a rather marginal role in the traditional conceptions of democracy that in many ways still prevail today. Democratic politics is often analysed from the point of view of its institutions, citizens and voters, while little is said about the territory through which it is expressed – at most it provides a broader perimeter or context of political and institutional action. The book offers, instead, an introductory theoretically-oriented discussion of crucial issues such as the genesis of state-nation, the transformation of democratic citizenship, the current borders’ policies, the rising of territorial populism and the experience of 19-covid pandemic.

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“Borders, democratic legitimacy, multiscale statehood, governance: the covid crisis has shaken things up and emphasized both the contradictions and the central salience of territories. In this sharp volume Oscar Mazzoleni critically reviews the main debates about territories that have unfold over the last two decades, in particular in geography and political sociology. He makes a powerful insight for a critical territorial approach aiming to analyze democratic politics.” (Patrick Le Galès, CNRS research professor at Sciences Po, Paris, France)

“Mazzoleni has contributed a brief but encompassing study of the concept of territory in social sciences. This well-written piece analyzes the concept of territory as multidimensional and interdisciplinary. His is a rigorous attempt to offer a systematic framework to make territorial politics part of the contemporary research agenda. In developing a territorial approach, he adds to the field by addressing essential gaps in the literature.” (Margarita Gomez-Reino Cachafeiro, full professor at the UNED University, Madrid, Spain)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Lausanne, Switzerland

    Oscar Mazzoleni

About the author

Oscar ​Mazzoleni is the director of the Research Observatory for Regional politics at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland.

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