Secure the volume: Vertical geopolitics and the depth of power

Political Geography

Volumn 34, Issue , 2013, Pages 35-51

  Elden, Stuart ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Geopolitics; Power; Security; Verticality; Volume; Volumetric

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXITY; GEOPOLITICS; NATIONAL SECURITY; POLICE FORCE; POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY; POLITICAL POWER; POWER RELATIONS;

ISRAEL; LEBANON; OCCUPIED TERRITORIES; WEST BANK;

EID: 84878372466     PISSN: 09626298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polgeo.2012.12.009     Document Type: Article

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