Political geography

political geography

study of political organization of the world

Political maps

a type of map that shows the boundaries and names of government and administrative areas.

Raison d’etre

The claimed reason for the existence of something or someone

Territoriality

Connection of people, their culture, and economic system to where they live.

Sovereignty

Concept that a state has the supreme authority to the govern and make decisions within its own borders and without inference from other states or organizations

Territorial Integrity

Right to defend one’s territory from oi`upside incursion

Modern state

A political entity with permanent population, defines borders/boundaries. Sovereignty over said territory and people within. Recognition from other states

Nation VS. Country VS. State

A state is a country, while a nation is a group of people who share a culture, history, language, homeland and sense of self-determination

Self-determination

The right or desire of a nation to govern themselves

4 types of states and nations

Nation states, multinational states, multi-state nations, and stateless nations

Nation state

State with one primary nation residing within its borders

Multinational state

A state with more than one nations inside its borders (nearly every state)

Multistate nation

A nation which stenches across borders and the states

stateless nation

A nation that does not have a state

mini/micro state

A state that encompasses a very small land area (vacation city)

city-state

an independent entity (state), not administered as a part of another local government, whose territory consists of a city and usually its surrounding territory.

nationalism

pride in one’s nation or state

irredentism

doctrine that irredenta (a territory historically or ethnically related to one political unit but under the political control of another) should be controlled by the country to which the are more closely related

Ravanchism

A policy of seeking to take land in retaliate, especially to recover lost territory

ways to foster nationalism

ethnonationism, colonism, colony, and imperialism

ethnonationalism

the powerful emotional establishment yo ones minority nation within a larger state, Can often be seen in colonialism

colonialism

an attempt by one country to establish settlements

colony

a territory that is legally tied to a sovereign state rather than being independent

bufferstate

state situated between two hostile, more powerful states.

shatterbelt

an area in between conflicted large [powered states

satellite state

country that is independent but influenced by other countries

immigrate state

popular state for immigrants

neocolonialism

economic and political strategies used by MEDC’s to effectively control LEDC’s

mercantilism

trade balance

Wellerstein’s word system theory

Core, semi-periphary, periphary

choke points

narrow passage, restrict access to other regions

boundaries

divide states, goes above and below ground

uncloss-law of the sea types

Territorial sea, Contiguous zone, exclusive economic zone

Territorial sea

12 miles

contiguous zone

24 miles

Exclusive economic zone

200 miles

Establishing boundaries

define, delimit, demarcate, and administer

Define

describes a location

delimit

draw it out

demarcate

build

administer

maintain

administrations of boundaries

open boundaries, controlled boundaries, military boundaries, and formal bound

open boundaries

no border checks

controlled boundaries

Required passport

informal boundaries

Declared, not recognized

types of boundaries

antecedent, subsequent, imposed, relic, geometric, and consequent

antecedent

pre-existing, usually physical

subsequent

After groups meet and agree

super imposed

outside force made

relic

no longer boundary, noticeable

geometric

arcs or straight line colonism

consequent

physical or cultural

definition of boundary dispute

I over original vague boundary

operational boundary dispute

fight over lack of defined boundary

allocational boundary dispute

find over the resources found on board

locational boundary dispute

fight over a boundary is democrated

internal boundary

inside a state

electrical geography

electoral district and voting pattern

territorial representation

representations based on district

reappointment

A district moving according to population

redistrict

Internal boundaries redrawn

gerry-meandering

Redistrict for advantage

gerry mandering types

cracking/splitting (split groups to weaken), Packing/stacking (crate majority/minority)