GEOG 1HA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: The Geographical Pivot Of History, Urban Geography, Geopolitics
21 Oct 2016
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Nationalism: assumes that nation-state is the natural political unit. Defined as the expansion of knowledge that a given state has about the world. Mark the limits of a state(cid:495)s sovereignty. E. g. great wall of china: less common. The state is a factor affecting human life and key element to the mode of production. Forms of government (cid:498)democracy(cid:499) = free + fair elections; rule by the people: 5 features: free and fair elections. Government that is open and accountable to the public freedom for state citizens to organize and communicate to each other. Society offering equal opportunities (cid:498)monarchy(cid:499) = rule by a single person (cid:498)oligarchy(cid:499) = rule by a few, usually to those in possession of wealth. Political geography the leader is often backed by the military (cid:498)dictatorship(cid:499) = oppressive, anti-democratic form of government in which (cid:498)anarchism(cid:499) = rejects the state and argues that social order is possible: e. g. north korea without a state.
