Political Processes
A nation’s ability to determine its own statehood and form its own allegiances and government
What is self-determination?
An independent political unit with a centralized authority that makes claim to sole legal, political, and economic jurisdiction over a region with defined boundaries
What is a state? Also accept: Country.
A political, economic, and social union of countries that promotes the free movement of people, goods, services, and capital among its members
What is the European Union?
Describing how boundaries are fixed or defined to identify their limits
What is delimited?
International organization that is responsible for maintaining international peace and security, developing friendly relations among nations, achieving international cooperation, and harmonizing the acts of nations
What is the United Nations?
A form of nationalism in which the nation is defined in terms of ethnic identity
What is ethnonationalism?
States that have the most advanced industrial and military technologies, complex manufacturing systems, external political power, and the highest levels of wealth and mass consumption
What are core states?
A continental organization of member states that seeks to drive their growth and economic development through cooperation and integration of the member states
What is the African Union?
An area in which treaties or agreements between nations, military powers, or contending groups forbid military installations, activities, or personnel; usually lies along an established frontier or boundary between two or more military powers or alliances
What is a Demilitarized Zone (DMZ)?
The smaller areas into which a larger state is divided
What are subnational units?
A small territorial nucleus from which a country grows in area and over time
What is a core area?
A subdivision or dependent territory of a country that has some degree of, but not complete, self-government
What is a semiautonomous region?
An intergovernmental military alliance among 29 member countries with the purpose of guaranteeing the freedom and security of its members
What is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)?
Describing how boundaries are set apart to distinguish their limits
What is demarcated?
A set of traditional symbols or symbolic forms associated with the country and its citizens
What is iconography?
The movement of power from the central government to regional governments within the state
What is devolution?
States that have relatively little industrial development, simple production systems focused mostly on agriculture and raw materials, and low levels of consumption of manufactured goods
What are peripheral states?
An international governmental forum that promotes interaction among these states and indigenous communities on common issues, particularly sustainable development and environmental protection
What is the Arctic Council?
Zone that extends 200 nautical miles from shoreline in which coastal states have the sole right to exploit, develop, manage, and conserve all water resources lying beyond the land
What is an Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)?
Region of continuing and persistent fragmentation due to devolution and centrifugal forces
What is a shatterbelt?
The idea that a state’s power to enforce its sovereignty may extend beyond its territory and varies over time and from country to country
What is effective sovereignty?
A state that possesses the sole authority over the land and people within its boundaries
What is a sovereign state?
A regional intergovernmental organization comprising 10 countries in *region hidden* to promote intergovernmental cooperation and facilitate economic growth, social progress, and cultural development in the region
What is the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)?
A boundary that is drawn to accommodate existing cultural differences
What is a consequent boundary?
An independent country that disperses significant authority among subnational units
What is a federal state?