GE0 BRODERS Flashcards
QOUTE By Ronald Regan
‘A nation that cannot control its border is not a nation’
definition of nation
Nation concerns shared identity, belonging and geographical area;
definition of state
State as a political-administrative-legal apparatus that exerts power/control over a given area.
what is theorists ideal sitaution with nation and state
Ideal that nation and state would overlap perfectly theorists ideal situation
what countries contain multiple nations and state
United Kingdom Spain
where doe we see the division of borders throughout history
- Saw the scramble for Africa
- Africa still contains lots of straight lines which goes against the norms
when about has the death of nation state occurred
time space compression
globalisation
With increasing time-space compression, etc., the nation-state has now ceased to be the right size/scale for ‘organizing’ life
have to think beyond the border
- e.g. military alliances go beyond the nation state
qoute about borders
“There is…nothing at all ‘natural’—physically or socially—to borders. They are literally impositions on the world” John Agnew 2008
when did border security dramatically increase
since 2001 and 9/11 securitisation of the border and the migrants began the war on terror.
- Contributing to a climate of fear
ime spae compression lots of countries working togther on one single goal
Enviorment
pardox of borders
Is that time space compression, has made travelling and borders far nine acessible but increased security and divide due to terror
