GGRA02H3 Study Guide - Final Guide: Meghan Markle, World-Systems Theory, Global National
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Place: the emotions, and history of a space; what your connection to it is. Caring at a distance: globalization makes us responsible, connection to factory workers, etc. Space: spatiality to every part of life; clear geography to every part of life. Absolute space: the distance in numbers, not the process. Living 33km from campus, but having to take the ttc changes that. Scales affect other scales; global national provincial municipal. Imperialism: extension of state power through indirect control of economics, politics, culture and environment. Colonialism: controlling an entire area, and reforming all of their governments. No state is an island (other than north korea) All states are connected through trade, production, etc. Money doesn"t stay in the region; it goes to the 1% back in core regions. Eurocentrism: the west is the best north american is supposedly the best in all aspects of life and everything else is bellow it.
