Political Geography
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lilcarlitos13 on January 18, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Political Geography | the subdivision of human geography focused on the nature and implications of the evolving spatial organization of political governance and formal political practice on the Earth's surface |
| State | the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation |
| Sovereignty | ability of a state to govern its territory free from control of its internal affairs by other states |
| Nation | a politically organized body of people under a single government |
| Multinational State | State that contains two or more ethnic groups with traditions of self-determination that agree to coexist peacefully by recognizing each other as distinct nationalities. |
| Nation-State | A state whose territory corresponds to that occupied by a particular ethnicity that has been transformed into a nationality |
| Stateless nation | A nationality that is not represented by a state. |
| Territoriality | In political geography, a country's or more local community's sense of property and attachment toward its territory, as expressed by its determination to keep it inviolable and strongly defended. |
| City-State | a city with political and economic control over the surrounding countryside |
| Self-determination | the ability of a government to determine their own course of their own free will |
| Irredentism | The policy of a state wishing to incorporate within itself territory inhabited by people who have ethnic or linguistic links with the country but that lies within a neighboring state. |
| Enclave | an enclosed territory that is culturally distinct from the foreign territory that surrounds it |
| Exclave | a part of a country that is seperated from the rest of the country and surrounded by foreign territory. |
| Buffer state | a small neutral state between two rival powers |
| Satellite state | A political term that refers to a country which is formally independent, but under heavy influence or control by another country. |
| Natural Boundaries | A boundary line based on recognizable physiographic features, such as mountains or rivers. |
| Ethnographic/ Cultural boundaries | A political boundart that follows some cultural border, such as a linguistic or religious border. |
| Geometric boundaries | boundaries of convenience drawn along lines of latitude or longitude without consideration for cultural or ethnic differences in an area |
| Relic boundaries | old political boundaries that no longer exist as international borders, but that have left an enduring mark on the local cultural or enviromental geography |
| Frontier | an international boundary or the area (often fortified) immediately inside the boundary |
| Antecedent boundary | a boundary that existed beforethe cultural landscape emerged and stayed in place while people moved in to occupy the surrounding area... |
| Subsequent boundary | a boundary that developed with the evolution of the cultural landscape and is adjusted as the cultural landscape changes... |
| Superimposed boundary | a boundary that is imposed on the cultural landscape which ignores pre-existing cultural patterns (typically a colonial boundary)... |
| Definition phase in boundary creation | Phase in which the exact location of a boundary is legally described and negotiated. |
| Demarcation phase in boundary creation | Phase in which the boundary is visibly marked on the landscape by a fence, line, sign, wall or other means. |
| Administration phase of boundary creation | Phase in which a government enforces the boundary it has created. |
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