GEOG 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Political Geography, Electoral College, Louis Althusser
8 Nov 2016
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Policing/military forces: uneven effects of capitalism make them global issues. ** most important: state: an independent, political unit with recognized boundaries. Nation: group of people sharing culture, values etc. Nation-state: ideal for political situations- unified in actual space and ideas. Citizenship: category of belonging that requires rights and responsibility. Nationalism: feeli(cid:374)g of (cid:271)elo(cid:374)gi(cid:374)g a(cid:374)d the idea that that (cid:374)atio(cid:374) has the (cid:396)ight to dete(cid:396)(cid:373)i(cid:374)e it"s own affairs. **political geography is fundamentally concerned with the state. Modern states produce self-governing citizens who act in ways that benefit the state. Protests in brazil to clear slums for fifa. State diffused protests for a long time. The state is more than a place or the government, it is a complex set of institution, and practices that influence every aspect of our life. The state is both a force and an ideology, it works through both formal regulation but also citizen consent.
