Summary
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The SAGE Handbook of Geographical Knowledge is a critical inquiry into how Geography as a field of knowledge has been produced, re-produced, and re-imagined. It comprises three sections on Geographical Orientations, Geography’s Venues, and Critical Geographical Concepts and Controversies. The first provides an overview of the genealogy of ‘geography.' The second highlights the types of spatial settings and locations in which geographical knowledge has been produced. The third focuses on venues of primary importance in the historical geography of geographical thought.
The Role of Geography and Geographers in Policy and Government Departments
The Role of Geography and Geographers in Policy and Government Departments
Introduction
This chapter explores the ways in which geographers have shaped and been shaped by engagement in the places of policy and government. It begins by disentangling some of the strands of meaning contained within such an exploration. First, we need to understand the contrasting meanings attributed to the ideas of ‘geography’, ‘geographers’ and ‘geographical knowledge’ (Johnston 1997), and second, we need to provide a framework for examining the notions of policy and government with which geographers have been involved.
Geography, Geographers and Geographical Knowledge
Any understanding of how geographers have engaged in policy and government raises fundamental questions about the labels that people give themselves, and ...
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