GG102 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Fox Hunting, International Regime, The Geographical Pivot Of History
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Political geography is a long established subfield in the water discipline of geography. Geopolitics: the state"s power to control space or territory and shape the foreign policy of individual states and international political relations. Boundaries are important phenomena because they allow territoriality to be defined and enforced and because they allow conflict and competition to be managed and channelled. Territory: the delimited area over which a state exercises control and that is recognized by other states. National boundaries, for example, can be used to control the flow of immigrants or the flow of imported goods into the territory. Boundary formation: formal boundaries tend first to follow natural barriers (rivers, mountains and oceans) De jure legally recognized - territories delimited by formal boundaries. Much regional analysis and nearly all attempts at regionalization are based on a framework of de jure spaces.
