GEOG101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Geopolitik, Geopolitics, The Geographical Pivot Of History
15 Jun 2015
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Group of people sharing a common culture and attachment to some territory. Scalar basis for institutions which govern life within a territory. Large group of people who self-identify as a group(a nation) and ho occupy a spatially defined territory with the necessary infrastructure and social political institutions (a state). Theories: transition from subsistence to exchange economy increased mobility leading to formation of core areas. Deutsch described a process involving 8 stages. 2: development of urban centres, growth of a network of communications, spatial concentration of capital. 7: creation of a state increasing group identity rise of national identity. The belief that a nation and state should be congruent. Assumes nation state is only acceptable way of defining political unit. Member of national group have right to live within borders. Non-members should not live within state borders. Government of state should be in hands of dominant culture group. Allow spaces of power to be defined and enforced.
