Dear Emma,
To my knowledge, the best book dealing with the territoriality of the state
is Michael Mann's 'Sources of Social Power, Volumes I and II'.
Good luck,
Walter
Quoting Emma Jørum <[log in to unmask]>:
> Dear everyone,
>
> My name is Emma Jørum and I am a PhD Cand at the Department of
> Government,
> Uppsala University, Sweden. I am working on a thesis on the relationship
> between territory and state in Syria and disputed territories. Within
> political science the territory of the state tends to be taken for
> granted
> and I have difficulties finding litterature that discusses why certain
> territories are more important to states than others and why a certain
> territorial extension is sought by government authorities. The
> litterature
> I have found deals with territorial conflict and war and different values
> a
> territory might have but I thought that perhaps within critical
> geography
> there might be more litterature taking the issue further than that. If
> anyone has suggestions for good litterature that deals with
> state-territory-
> disputed borders please let me know. It will be most appreciated!
>
> Sincerely
> Emma Jørum
>
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