Space & Polity is a fully refereed international journal devoted to understanding relations between the state and regional & local forms of governance.
Attention all authors, peer reviewers, and aspiring guest editors. S&P just published an editorial on the "Topical Special Issue concept". Do check it out on how we can create more productive thematic platforms.
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A theoretical piece on political space, drawing on Jean-Luc Nancy’s relational ontology. Full article: Spaced out: thinking political space with Jean-Luc Nancy
An article using spatial statistical methods to examine populist politics in Italy: Between regional and neighbourhood structures: contextual effects behind populist radical right support in Italy: Space and Polity: Vol 0, No 0 - Get Access
Another article in the upcoming feminist political ecology special section: Reflections from feminist political ecology perspectives on care practices in the Maasai community in Kenya: Space and Polity: Vol 0, No 0 - Get Access
New paper alert on port-city politics: Port politics and the city: Valparaíso’s trajectories from contestation to consensus over Terminal 2: Space and Polity: Vol 0, No 0 - Get Access
An open-access provocation on decolonial ecology and ecofeminist theory: Full article: A decolonial ecofeminist critique of rewilding in the highlands of Scotland
Two open access articles: The first on EU’s New Pact on Migration and Asylum,
Full article: The European Union as a humanitarian border: the production of vulnerability in the New Pact on Migration and Asylum
The second on Feminist Political Ecology (FPE) and research practices,
Full article: Weaving researcher’s positionality into thinking and practising research
Another feminist political ecology provocation, focusing on Pakistan: Full article: Infrastructure violence and gendered bodies in Karachi: reflections on feminist political ecology
A paper on the political dynamics of balancing equity, land use, and climate resilience goals. Full article: An unfulfilled aspiration of state planning: balancing spatial equity, climate justice, and growth coalitions
Merry Christmas! Some readings to engage post-festive period:
On borders - Full article: Beyond territorial discontents: the surprising persistence of borders in a fragmented world @JussiPLaine
Another one focusing on Spain and Morocco: Between the border fence and the boundary line. Territorial leftovers or geopolitical retreat in Melilla?: Space and Polity: Vol 0, No 0 - Get Access
Latest provocation: Reflecting on the 2013 Gezi uprising in Turkey. The afterlives of the Gezi uprising: learning from failure: Space and Polity: Vol 0, No 0 - Get Access
New article alert: A study of media texts, analysing urban development politics in Iran.
Antagonism of spatial planning and the process of urban counter-development: an empirical study in Hamadan: Space and Polity: Vol 0, No 0 - Get Access