Political Geography. Political culture learned and shared how / what we think about politics...

Political Geography

Political culture

learned and shared

how / what we think about politics

communism, democracy, conservatives, liberals, democrats, republicans, theocracies, secular states, territoriality,

Political Landscape

How political culture is reflected on the landscape

Examples:

Our View of the World

Election Results

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 mattersrest with the independent state

Sovereignty can be exerted subtly or more forcefully.

Examples: …

Canadian scientific expedition to the Arctic

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.

Search and Rescue missions off our coast

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

Border of Pakistan and India

The ‘security barrier’ / ‘wall’ separating the West bank from Israel

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

Compact

Elongated

Size & Relative Location

Nation

State

Nation-state

KurdsNation(a group of people)

State (country)

Nation – state (a country occupied by 1 group of people)

Stateless nationsKurdistan

Palestine

Inuit: a nation ?

A state for the Inuit nation ? Devolution ?

Centripetal Forces

unite 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

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: …...

Canada & Quebec

U.S.S.R.

Former Yugoslavia

Scotland Act 1998 (creation of new Scottish parliament giving Scotland greater authority)