13: Concepts and Tradition of Political Geography

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first political geographer because his model of the State is based upon factors such as climate, terrain, and the relationship between population and territory

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Aristotle

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study of the organization and spatial distribution of political phenomena

examines how political forces shape geography

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Political geography

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examines how geography shapes politics

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geopolitics

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dominant form of political organization in the world

independent political unit with recognized boundaries.

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State

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state’s geographic characteristics

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Land territory
Permanent resident population
Government
Organized economy
Circulation systems

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A State must occupy a definite portion of the Earth’s

land surface and should have more or less generally recognized limits.

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Land territory

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The people should be living

permanently in an area

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Permanent resident population

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The administrative system which performs the

functions needed and desired by the people living within the territory

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Government

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The State invariably has responsibility for many
economic activities, even if they include a little more than the issuance and
supervision of money and trade, and even if economic activities are managed
badly

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Organized economy

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the organized means of transmitting good and,

people and ideas from one part of the territory to anothe

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Circulation systems

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Political Criteria

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Sovereignty

Recognition

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means power over the people of an area unrestrained by laws
originating outside the area, or independence completely free of direct external control (e.g. Hong Kong is still under China)

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Sovereignty

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For a political unit to be accepted as a State with an international personality of its own, it must be recognized as such by a significant portion of international community—the existing States (e.g. Taiwan’s sovereignty is disputed by China)

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Recognition

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often used interchangeably with the State

refers to a large group of people sharing the same elements of culture such as religion, language, history, or political identity

share a common identity, but
they need not reside in a common geographical area

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nation

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ideal form consisting
of homogeneous group of people governed by their own State

no entirely pure __exist

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nation-state

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political category, homogenize multiple and sometimes conflicting constituencies

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citizenship

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strengthen and unify a State. These include nationalism, shared ideologies, culture, religion, common outside threat, transportation networks, and raison d’être (reason for
existence).

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centripetal forces

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divide or pull apart a State. These include language, ethnicity, race, economic interests, or even religion (e.g. Christianity vs.
Islam)

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centrifugal forces

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the feeling of belonging to a nation as well as the belief that a national has a natural right to determine its own affairs, is a powerful centripetal force

healthy emotion that reinforces the unity of a State

encourages, stimulates, involves

self-determination and fragmentation

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Nationalism

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different forms of nationalism

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Civic nationalism
Ethnic nationalism
Religious nationalism

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A form of nationalism in which the State derives
political legitimacy from the active participation of its citizenry, from the
degree to which it represents the “will of the people”

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Civic nationalism

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Some citizens in a nation may feel nationalist

sentiments towards another State or an ethnic group

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Ethnic nationalism

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This form represents the relationship of nationalism

to a particular religious belief, dogma, or affiliation

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Religious nationalism

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self-determination and fragmentation of nationalism

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Irredentism
Secession
Chauvinism

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Desire to incorporate within the State all areas that had once been part of the State

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Irredentism

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When a people and their territory withdraw from a State to become independent

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Secession

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May be defined as the excessive and bellicose feelings of superiority over all other
peoples and countries

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Chauvinism

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territorial morphology. or the different shapes of States.

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compact
elongated
prorupt
fragmented
perforated

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The most efficient shape of a State

either round or rectangular where the distance from the center to the boundaries does not vary much

easier to administer and to secure, and it allows for faster communication and transportation.

Belgium, Cambodia, and Poland

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compact State

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A less efficient shape administratively speaking

long and narrow, the parts of the country that are farthest from the capital are likely to be isolated and to encompass a greater diversity of climate, resources, and
peoples compared to the compact States

Norway, Chile,
and Sweden

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elongated State

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This is when an elongated protrusion forms a
peninsula or corridor that leads away from the main body of the compact territory

may signify economic or strategic importance while in other cases they
are isolated

Thailand, Myanmar, and Croatia

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prorupt State

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consist of mainly islands that
are separated by land or waters

challenge for the
imposition of a centralized control over its territory, particularly when the
parts are far from one another

the Philippines, Indonesia, and Malaysia

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fragmented State

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This is a type of State that completely surrounds another State

impossible to reach the perforating (land-locked) State without crossing the territory of the perforated State

South Africa that surrounds Lesotho.

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perforated State

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Acquisition of Territory

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Effective Occupation
Prescription
Conquest and Annexation
Voluntary Cession
Accretion
Acquisition of Rights

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When a State occupies, inhabits, administers, and protects and area it has
“discovered”. Discovery of a territory is not enough; it has to be followed by __

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Effective Occupation

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when a State occupies an area that has been occupied by another State for many
years without Effective Occupation. An area occupied by another State for many years without
administering and protecting it can be considered abandoned and can be passed on to another
occupying State

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Prescription

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Conquest recognized through a peace treaty or any other legal instrument of cession

___ is when a State takes control of another state usually by force, but it is no longer accepted as legal by
international bodies

must be followed by Effective ___ which is a legal extension of sovereignty over another State (unilateral).

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Conquest and Annexation

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When a State transfers its territory (with its inhabitants) to another State through mutual agreement (e.g. through cash gifts, promise of servitude or protection).

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Voluntary Cession

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Addition of land to a State by natural processes (e.g. volcanic eruption, delta formation)

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Accretion

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The rights to use the territory is granted by one State to another without
title or sovereignty. The transfer of rights can be in a form of lease (rent) or servitude

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Acquisition of Rights