GEOG 2401:Political Geography

Ohio Northern University

Spring Semester

Political geography

1. a branch of human geography* that studies – the spatial distribution of political processes and – how these processes are impacted by ones

geographic location.

2. the spatial analysis of political phenomena and processes

3. The primary concerns of the sub-discipline can be summarized as the inter-relationships between people, state, and territory.

* (the branch of geography concerned with understanding the world's culture and how it relates to geographic space)

In particular, political geography often considers:

1. How and why states are organized into regional groupings, both formally (e.g. the European Union) and informally (e.g. the Third World)

2. The relationship between states and former colonies, and how these are propagated over time, for example through neo-colonialism

3. The relationship between a government and its people4. The relationships between states incl. int’l trades &

treaties5. The functions, demarcations and policing of boundaries6. How imagined geographies have political implications7. The influence of political power on geographical space8. The study of election results (electoral geography)

In particular, political geography often considers:

1. How and why states are organized into regional groupings, both formally (e.g. the European Union) and informally (e.g. the Third World)

Third World

In particular, political geography often considers:

2. The relationship between states and former colonies, and how these are propagated over time, for example

through neo-colonialism…

Territories which have been, at some point of time, a colony of a European entity (dark blue) or under European sphere of influence (light blue).

The British Empire

In particular, political geography often considers:

3. The relationship between a government and its people…

Unitary states

A unitary state is a state governed as one single unit in which the central government is supreme and any administrative divisions(subnational units) exercise only powers that their central government chooses to delegate. The great majority of states in the world have a unitary system of government.

In particular, political geography often considers:

4. The relationshipbetween states incl. int’l trade agreements & treaties…

In particular, political geography often considers:

5. The functions, demarcations and policing of boundaries

In particular, political geography often considers:

6. How imagined geographies have political implications…

http://www.rferl.org/content/iraq-syria-religious-ethnic-divides-history-future-maps/25232404.html

7. The influence of political power on geographical space…

In particular, political geography often considers:

In particular, political geography often considers:

8. The study of election

results (electoral geography)