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The Geopolitics of Spectacle: Space, Synecdoche, and the New Capitals of Asia

2018 Cornell University ;ISBN: 9781501720918 ;ISBN: 1501720910 ;ISBN: 1501720937 ;ISBN: 9781501720932 ;ISBN: 9781501720925 ;ISBN: 1501720929 ;EISBN: 9781501720925 ;EISBN: 1501720929 ;EISBN: 1501720937 ;EISBN: 9781501720932 ;DOI: 10.7591/9781501720925 ;OCLC: 1019834547 ;LCCallNum: HT178.A78 K63 2018

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  • Title:
    The Geopolitics of Spectacle: Space, Synecdoche, and the New Capitals of Asia
  • Author: Koch, Natalie
  • Subjects: Asia ; Capitals (Cities) ; Capitals (Cities)-Asia ; Central Asia ; City planning ; City planning-Political aspects-Asia ; HISTORY ; Human Geography ; New towns ; New towns-Political aspects-Asia ; Political aspects ; Political Science ; Population Studies ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Spectacular, The ; Spectacular, The-Political aspects-Asia ; Urban renewal x Political aspects ; Urban renewal x Political aspects-Asia
  • Description: Why do autocrats build spectacular new capital cities? InThe Geopolitics of Spectacle, Natalie Koch considers how autocratic rulers use "spectacular" projects to shape state-society relations, but rather than focus on the standard approach-on the project itself-she considers the unspectacular "others." The contrasting views of those from the poorest regions toward these new national capitals help her develop a geographic approach to spectacle. Koch uses Astana in Kazakhstan to exemplify her argument, comparing that spectacular city with others from resource-rich, nondemocratic nations in central Asia, the Arabian Peninsula, and Southeast Asia.The Geopolitics of Spectacledraws new political-geographic lessons and shows that these spectacles can be understood only from multiple viewpoints, sites, and temporalities. Koch explicitly theorizes spectacle geographically and in so doing extends the analysis of governmentality into new empirical and theoretical terrain. With cases ranging from Azerbaijan to Qatar and Myanmar, and an intriguing account of reactions to the new capital of Astana from the poverty-stricken Aral Sea region of Kazakhstan, Koch's book provides food for thought for readers in human geography, anthropology, sociology, urban studies, political science, international affairs, and post-Soviet and central Asian studies.
  • Publisher: Ithaca: Cornell University Press
  • Creation Date: 2018
  • Format: 210
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISBN: 9781501720918
    ISBN: 1501720910
    ISBN: 1501720937
    ISBN: 9781501720932
    ISBN: 9781501720925
    ISBN: 1501720929
    EISBN: 9781501720925
    EISBN: 1501720929
    EISBN: 1501720937
    EISBN: 9781501720932
    DOI: 10.7591/9781501720925
    OCLC: 1019834547
    LCCallNum: HT178.A78 K63 2018
  • Source: Ebook Central Academic Complete
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