GEOG 1HA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Geopolitics, Economic Globalization, North American Free Trade Agreement
28 Dec 2018
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State stability/instability: modern countries: a series of geopolitical forces working over a period of time, these geopolitical forces result in, the bringing together of (potentially diverse) nations into one (multinational) sovereign state, ex. Canada, belgium, switzerland, etc: the breaking apart of (potentially similar) nations into two (or more) sovereign states, ex. Lack of homogeneity leads to weak state identity: cultural history. Lack of a collective history (i. e. former colonies: a history of mistreatment leading to resentment, boundaries, disputed territories and boundaries, state instability results from cultural/national divisions within the state. Internal divisions: secessionist movements: nations within multinational states that want to creat their own separate state, ex. Quebec, scotland, belgium, basque (spain & france) tied to a strong sense of nationalism. State stability/instability: examples: africa: boundaries reflect the interests of the colonizers. Congo, niger, nigeria, etc: europe: greater stability due to organic development over a longer period of time, many pockets of conflict remain, britain (n.
