Key Question 1
what is the study of the political organization of the world
Political Geography
what is the movement of power "downwards" from the central government to regional governments within the state.
Devolution
something between states that is actually a vertical plane that cuts through rocks below and the airspace above, dividing one state from another
boundary
any political power based in the heart of Eurasia that gains sufficient strength to eventually dominate the world.
Heartland Theory
entity composed of 3 or more states that forges an association and forms an administrative structure for mutual benefit and in pursuit of shared goals.
Supranational organization
what is a politically organized area in which nation and state occupy the same space?
Nation-state
what is redistricting for advantage
gerrymandering
Centers on the delimitation and possibly the demarcation of the boundary.
Location boundary dispute
what is one country (US) in position of dominance with other countries following its lead
Unilateralism
about how many supranational organizations have states formed today?
60
the government's right to control its own territory
Sovereignty
what is the process by which districts are moved according to population shifts, so that each district encompasses approximately the same number of people
Reapportionment
focuses on the legal language of the boundary agreement
Definitional boundary dispute
land-based power, not sea power, and would ultimately rule the world
The British/ American School
name several subsidiaries that are included in the UN
FAO, UNESCO, WHO
what led to the accumulation of wealth through plunder, colonization, and the protection of home industries and foreign markets.
Mercantilism
partitioning of state territory into electoral districts
electoral geography
involves neighboring states that differ over the way their border should function
operational boundary dispute
explain the German School
Tried to explain why certain states were powerful and how they became powerful.
what is characterized by a geometry of political power less rooted in the power of the territorial state
Deterritorialization
name one of Wallerstein's 3 basic tenets of world systems theory
1. the world-economy has one market and a global division of labor.
2. although the world has multiple states, almost everything takes place within the contact of the woe;d economy.
3. the world-economy has a three-tier structure.
explain the differences between centrifugal and centripetal forces
centrifugal: forces that tend to divide a country
centripetal: forces that tend to unify a country
What's an example of an allocational boundary dispute?
Netherlands and Germany over natural gas.
process by which geopoliticians deconstruct and focus on explaining the underlying spatial assumptions and territorial perspectives of politicians
critical geopolitics
what is when the state if moving to solidify control over its territory
reterritorialization