Explanation the Conceptual Turn of Sovereignty Towards Communication Governance in Poststructuralist Political Geography

Introduction and Background:  In political geography, sovereignty is the highest coercive power on a territorial scale. Which has been the creator of classical political geographical views since the Westphalian period. However, since the 1980s, the function of Westphalian sovereignty in the production of geographical space has been criticized by poststructuralist geographers and a new wave of theories and approaches began that assumes power as a pervasive and pluralistic process at all levels of society.  In this research has been struggled to analyze the causes, contexts and functions of the conceptual turn of political sovereignty and its function in the production of geographical space in poststructuralist political geography. In this regard, in the first step, the concept of geographical space and its dimensions and subdivisions are defined in relation to the poststructuralist school. Then by explaining how to reconstruct the concept of sovereignty in the poststructuralist school; new perspective is presented in associated to conceptual consequences of governance in political geography. Conclusion: Findings research shows that in poststructuralist political geography, civil society is considered as the main source of space production. In this regard, considering the same credibility for discourses and social forces opens the door to dialogue in management and organization of space. In this context, the multiplicity and difference of social forces in the governance process is recognized and with emphasis on the right to exist. By emphasizing the right to different exist; Participatory democracy emerges and the transfer of power to smaller territorial units such as local governments is considered.