4.1 Introduction to Political Geography

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What is the primary focus of study in political geography?

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The spatial distribution of political power and resources within a state

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Geographers consider ethnicity important because it reinforces diversity in the face of the globalization of culture.

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reinforces diversity in the face of the globalization of culture.

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Race is often described as

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identification with a group that is perceived to share a physiologic trait such as skin color.

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One key difference between race and ethnicity is that ethnicity

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is place-based.

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An area organized into a political unit and ruled by an established government with control over its internal and foreign affairs. (aka a country)

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state

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Ability of a state to govern its territory free from control of its internal affairs by other states.

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sovereignty

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Concept that ethnicities have the right to govern themselves

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self-determination

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a group of people with a common identity through shared cultural traits such as language, religion, ethnicity, and heritage.

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nation

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when the borders of the nation match the borders of the state - a state with (ideally) only one nation within it.

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nation-state

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nations of people without a state to occupy

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Stateless nations