Devolution
The statutory delegation of powers from the central government of a sovereign state to govern at a sub national level.
Devolution
The partisan manipulation of electoral district boundaries to unfairly favor one political party.
Gerrymandering
The case of an ethnic group of people without a state.
A stateless nation
Any factor that unifies, binds, and strengthens a state or region
centripetal force.
Nations disagree over borders drawn by colonial powers or inherited from empires.
Historical Claims or Colonial Legacies
A central government voluntarily gives up (Transfers) some control to lower levels of government.
Power transfer.
Concentrating a large number of opposing voters into a few districts to waste their votes
Packing
The largest multinational state.
Russia
Divisive factors that pull people and regions within a state apart.
Centrifugal force
This type of boundary follows natural features such as rivers or mountain ranges
physical boundary
Since 1990 about how many new nations are created?
26 new nations
Combining different majority communities with a larger one to dilute the voting power of the distinct groups.
Stacking
The authority of a state to govern itself or another state.
Sovereignty
True or false: Geographic barriers can naturally separate communities, making interaction difficult
True (Centrifugal force)
A boundary drawn along lines of latitude or longitude is called this:
geometric boundary
What are the 3 forces that causes devolutionary movements?
Ethnocultural forces, economic forces, and spatial forces
Incumbent Protection
a distinct nation where a large group of people share common culture, ethnicity and language
A nation-state
What force is nationalism part of
When a boundary (wall) cuts through a city causing political and social tension it creates problems like those seen in this former Cold War city
Berlin
London's decision to join EU encouraged...
Scottish nationalism
It allows the party in power to choose their voters, leading to seats being "safe" for one party and making outcomes predictable regardless of shifts in public opinion.
Undermines Democracy
A state that has no direct access to the ocean is described as this:
landlocked state
How do railroads/communication networks in a large country like Russia function as centripetal forces?
By promoting national unity, and working as a centralized government
What do rival countries generally want from another?
land (natural resources)