Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Continuity and Change: A Century of Progress in Theory and Practice / Ramesh Dutta Dikshit -- 2. The Nation-State-Territory Relationship as the Central Organizing Principle of Political Geography / Ramesh Dutta Dikshit -- 3. State-formation, Nation-building and Plural Societies / Neville Douglas -- 4. Political Geography at the Subnational Scale: Spatial Implications of Local and Regional Government / Ronan Paddison -- 5. Boundary Studies in Political Geography: Focus on the Changing Boundaries of Europe / Geoffrey Parker and Ramesh Dutta Dikshit -- 6. Political Sociology and Political Geography: A Quarter Century of Progress in Electoral Geography / Fred M. Shelley and J. Clark Archer -- 7. The World Systems Theory of Elections and the Crucial Case of Liberal Democracy in India / Ramesh Dutta Dikshit -- 8. Political Economy and Political Geography / R. J. Johnston --

9. Systems of Governmental Organization: A Neglected Theme in Current Political Geography / Ramesh Dutta Dikshit -- 10. Uneven Development, New Geopolitical Orders and the Internationalization of Capital / Stuart Corbridge -- 11. Political Geography of International Relations: The World Stage, Regional Arenas, the Search for a Play / Herman van der Wusten -- 12. Progress in Political Geography / Richard Morrill.