Political Geography

Political Geography

Political culture learned and shared how / what we think about politics communism, democracy, conservatives, liberals, democrats, republicans, theocracies, secular states, territoriality,

Election Results

Campaign Headquarters

Election Signs (lawn ornaments)

Political Buildings

Political Buildings

Monuments

Land Division System

Borders and Flags

Duty Free Shop

Territoriality a sense of ownership mark your territory

Fences are one of the most common ways to show / mark territory.

Sovereignty final authority over social, economic, and political matters rest with the independent state Sovereignty can be exerted subtly or more forcefully. Examples: …

Canadian Coast Guard providing ice-breaking service

SS Manhattan & the Northwest Passage

The Canadian Coast Guard ship John A. MacDonald accompanied the SS Manhattan on its voyage through the Northwest Passage to support Canada’s claim to control of the Passage.

Canada’s new submarines will help patrol our vast Coastline, and our 200 mile limit. (over fishing, pollution, ….)

Brandenburg Gate separating E and W Berlin

The ‘security barrier’ / ‘wall’ separating the West bank from Israel Border of Pakistan and India

Parts of the 100+ km of wall separating the U.S. and Mexico

U.S. – Mexico border crossing

Political Morphology Shape Size Relative Location

Shape Prorupt, Protruded Perforated Fragmented Elongated Compact

Nation State Nation-state

Nation (a group of people) Kurds

State (country)

Nation – state (a country occupied by 1 group of people – 95% or greater ethnicity) Iceland Other examples: Lebanon N & S Korea Portugal Egypt Estonia Maldives

Stateless nations Kurdistan

Palestine

Inuit: a nation ?

A state for the Inuit nation ? Devolution ?

Centripetal Forces unite a country Centrifugal Forces divide a country examples: …. Centrifugal Forces divide a country examples: ….

What is a key centripetal force here ?

What was a key centrifugal force here ?

Supranationalism 2 or more countries form a common union for economic, military, or political cooperation in order to promote shared objectives Examples of supranational organizations: ….

United Nations

NAFTA

NATO

Arab League

OPEC – Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries

Devolution the process whereby regions within a state demand and gain political strength and growing autonomy at the expense of the central government Examples of devolution: …...

U.S.S.R.

Former Yugoslavia