1. Devolution or Supranationalism?
AP Human Geography
2006

2. What is devolution? The disintegration of a state along regional lines
Reverse of evolution
Propelled by forces that divide and destabilize
Centrifugal forces

3. What are current examples of devolution?
Scotland (UK)
Oil
EU membership
Belgium
Czechoslovakia-peaceful split, 1993
Hungarians are still a minority in Slovakia (11%)
Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro are now formally independent of each other)
Russia

4. Yugoslavia 7 major/17 minor ethnic groups
Former multinational, multiethnic state
Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia.

6. What is supranationalism?
Global governance
3+ states forging associations for mutual benefit and pursuit of shared goals
60+ unions today

7. What is supranationalism?
States seeking common economic, political, and cultural ground by joining unions created to benefit participants and disadvantage others
Sparks further supranational orgs for those left out
Geographically contiguous
Economically similar or different (Common Market/OPEC)

8. What are current examples of supranationalism?
Military, economic, cultural, or political
BENELUX / European Common Market / European Union
United Nations
NATO/Warsaw Treaty
NAFTA
OPEC
Arab League

9. The United Nations Post WWII
Foster international security and cooperation
2002 had 191 countries
Peacekeeping 2002: 40,000 from 80 member states in 15 different regions worldwide
Unrepresented Nations and Peoples represented 51 groups of stateless or unheard peoples
Subsidiaries include:
FAO: Food and Agriculture Organization
UNESCO: Educational, Scientific and Cultural…
WHO: World Health Organization