Political Geography

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This subfield studies the spatial aspects of politics, including the distribution of power, resources, and political boundaries.

State: A politically organized territory with a permanent population, a defined territory, and a government.
Territory: An area of land under the jurisdiction of a ruler or state.
Sovereignty: The authority of a state to govern itself or another state.
Nation: A group of people who share a common identity, such as a language, culture, ethnicity, or history.
Nationalism: A sense of loyalty and pride to one's nation or the desire for self-rule by a national group.
Border: A demarcation line that separates two states, territories or regions.
Territorial Dispute: A disagreement over the ownership or control of a territory between two or more states.
Geopolitics: The study of the relationship between geography, power, and international politics.
Colonialism: The practice of acquiring and controlling territory outside one's borders for political and economic interests.
Imperialism: A policy of extending a country's power and influence through colonization, use of military force, or other means.
Borderlands: The areas that exist at the margins or boundaries of a country or state where different cultures, languages, or political systems interact.
Migration: The movement of people from one place to another for various reasons, such as economic opportunities or political change.
Refugees: People who flee their country of origin due to persecution, war, or violence and seek asylum in another country.
Democracy: A system of government in which power is vested in the people and exercised through free and fair elections, a representative government, and the rule of law.
Authoritarianism: A system of government in which power is centralized and the rulers make decisions without the consent of the people.
Globalization: The process by which economies, societies, and cultures become integrated through a network of communication, transportation, and trade.
- "Political geography is concerned with the study of both the spatially uneven outcomes of political processes and the ways in which political processes are themselves affected by spatial structures."
- "Political geography adopts a three-scale structure with the study of the state at the centre, the study of international relations (or geopolitics) above it, and the study of localities below it."
- "The primary concerns of the subdiscipline can be summarized as the inter-relationships between people, state, and territory."
- "The study of the state at the center"
- "The study of international relations (or geopolitics) above it"
- "The study of localities below it"
- "The primary concerns of the subdiscipline can be summarized as the inter-relationships between people, state, and territory."
- "Political geography is concerned with the study of both the spatially uneven outcomes of political processes"
- "The ways in which political processes are themselves affected by spatial structures"
- "The primary concerns of the subdiscipline can be summarized as the inter-relationships between people, state, and territory."
- "The study of international relations (or geopolitics) above it"
- "The study of international relations (or geopolitics) above it"
- "The study of localities below it"
- "The ways in which political processes are themselves affected by spatial structures"
- "Political geography is concerned with the study of both the spatially uneven outcomes of political processes"
- "The primary concerns of the subdiscipline can be summarized as the inter-relationships between people, state, and territory."
- "The primary concerns of the subdiscipline can be summarized as the inter-relationships between people, state, and territory."
- "The primary concerns of the subdiscipline can be summarized as the inter-relationships between people, state, and territory."
- "The ways in which political processes are themselves affected by spatial structures"
- "Political geography is concerned with the study of both the spatially uneven outcomes of political processes"