The state as container: territoriality in the modern world-system
Behaviour ; Democracy ; Historical geography ; Political geography ; Power ; State ; Territorial strategy ; Territoriality
Across the whole of our modern world, territory is directly linked to sovereignty to mould politics into a fundamentally state-centric social process: the state'scapture of politics is premissed upon territoriality. The domination of political
practice by territoriality is a consequence of the territorial link between sovereign territory and national homeland.
Territorial dimensions of Hungarian ethnic identity
Ethnic community ; Ethnic group ; Geopolitics ; Hungary ; National territory ; Political geography ; Territorial identity
A review of Hungary's foreign policy draws out the special character of Hungarian political and cultural identity to explain why Hungarians living in neighboring states will continue to be a source of territorial tension. - (DWG)
The shifting stage of politics: new medieval and postmodern territorialities
Economic integration ; Europe ; European Union ; Federalism ; Nationalism ; Political geography ; Post-modernism ; Sovereignty ; Space time ; State ; Territoriality
The A. argues for new medieval and postmodern conceptualizations of territoriality and sovereignty, which recognize that geographic space is becoming more complex and relative: conventional political concepts based on absolute space are increasingly
problematic for understanding the political complexities of globalization. The A. sketches transformations of sovereignty from medieval to modern, and from modern to postmodern. Contemporary configurations of political space are a complex mixture of new
Ecopolitical discourse : « environmental security » and political geography
Environment ; Environmental degradation ; International relations ; Political geography ; Security ; Sovereignty ; State ; Territory
and political community understood in territorial terms.
Recent reviews of global politics and the future of security policy have repeatedly raised environmental themes. This juxtaposition raises numerous issues of relevance to geographical inquiry. Security is tied closely to themes of sovereignty
This paper builds on previous geographical and social science work at the boundaries of climate change by(re)asserting the significance of the territoriality of the national state in global climate negotiations. Using post-political consensus
, ‘territoriality’, both as a material and discursive device, is fundamental in, and constitutive of, how we interpret and understand climate change and the politics thereof.
as a theoretical framework and drawing upon examples from climate change negotiations like Kyoto and Copenhagen, it argues that it is too premature to fetishize the consensus of, and collectivism between national states in global climate politics. As geographers
Noncontiguity and political architecture: the parliaments of small island states
Archipelago ; Federalism ; Island ; Microstate ; Political geography ; Political life ; Political regime
For a population of 31 small island states, this paper explores to what extent geography is reflected in the political architecture of legislatures that these political units choose to apply. It searches for possible effects of territorial
noncontiguity on federalism and bicameralism as well as the extent to which parliaments are recruited by means of apportionment and appointment. Although geography does not explain the totality of politics, it does affect the calculations and behaviour
[b1] Dept. of Political Science, Åbo Academy University, Åbo, Finlande
Conflict ; National territory ; Political geography ; Sovereignty ; State
During the past forty years, territorial claims against neighboring states have almost always been justified as attempts to recover land that had been « wrongfully » taken away. Examples of territorial conflicts between Ecuador and Peru, India
and Pakistan, and Togo and Ghana reveal the influences of the discourse of territorial conflict justification.
International migration and the politics of admission and exclusion in postwar Europe
Destination country ; Europe ; Immigration ; Immigration policy ; International migration ; Naturalization ; Political geography ; Refugees ; Sovereignty
The paper provides a discussion of the complex economic, political and social forces impinging on the politics of admission and exclusion and an analysis of how these forces have been operating in a particular historical and geographical context
to determine the admission of international migrants into national territory and community.
Subdividing national territories: the drive to live in a political community whose boundaries are congruent with the cultural community
Cultural identity ; Independence ; National territory ; Nationalism ; Political geography ; Sovereignty ; State ; View of the world
Two ideals have dominated world politics for two hundred years. in one, called liberal, there are no real differences among peoples (ex. the United States). The opposite ideal is called nationalist or reactionary (Iran is an extreme case
From ethnic to national : political geography in Slovenia
Balkans ; Cultural studies ; Ethnic composition ; Minority ; Multiculturalism ; Political geography ; Slovenia ; Territorial identity
Balcanes ; Composición étnica ; Cultural ; Eslovenia ; Geografía política ; Identidad territorial ; Minoría ; Multiculturalismo
Early research has made the Slovenian ethnic component in Austria, Italy and Hungary a laboratory of studies on the minority–majority relations, as well as on ethnic migration. Studies during the “cold war era” have shown ways to overcome political
divisions and cultural diversity. Recently, the integration and disintegration processes have come into the spotlight. At the same time the multi-cultural aspects, the territorial identity and the ethnic components continue to play an important role. - (IKR)
property principles and where herders have no enshrined land and resource rights. Using territoriality as the analytical capsule, it founds that the herders’ persistence is related to mainly non-territoriality where the goal is to influence relationships
and resource access but not control area. Categorising their non-territorial expression into persuasive and aggressive forms, it provides a new platform for deconstructing farmer-herder relationships in the West African sub-region.
International boundaries and territorial stability in the Middle East : an assessment
Asia ; Boundary;Frontier ; Coastal waters ; Conflict ; Geopolitics ; Middle East ; National territory ; Political geography
International boundaries in the Middle East are less likely to represent a major source of international stress than is generally perceived. Current political processes seem to be working in favour of the status quo and territorial stability
. The major maritime boundary disputes are concentrated in the Persian Gulf. Given political will to resolve problems of delimitation, the ultimate demarcation of boundaries should progress without serious conflict between states in the region.
Placing power/siting space: the politics of global and local in the New World Order
Economic system ; Geopolitics ; Information ; National territory ; Political geography ; Power ; Social system ; Sovereignty ; State ; View of the world ; World economic order
The logic of drawing political borders and defining national territory in space as it has been articulated by the theory of political realism is questioned. The dynamics of globalization operating in high-technology informational production systems
Xhosa-grondeise : simptome van'n onderliggende politiek-geografiese probleem (Xhosa territorial claims : symptoms of an underlying political-geographical problem)
Territorial claims have become of increasing importance as a result of the South African government's policy of apartheid. The Xhosa people, in two states, have raised claims to varying extents of South Africa and for links between Ciskei
Autonomy ; Election ; Electoral behaviour ; Italy ; Northern Italy ; Political geography ; Political party ; Regional identity ; Territory
In the last decade in Northern Italy emerged the political phenomenon of autonomist parties, in particular the most successful of them : the Lega Nord. The problem is to determine the most significant elements and which factors have the greatest
effect on the current reality. Some ethno-nationalism evaluation criteria are suggested. The political situation is described and evaluated.
Cleaning up after the Celtic Tiger : scalar fixes in the political ecology of Tiger economies
Capitalism ; Economy ; Environmental management ; Ireland ; Political ecology ; Territorial unit ; Waste treatment
Using a theoretically provocative case study that examines the politics of waste management in Ireland, the paper argues that in reflecting upon the role of such culture wars in the constitution of dominant social relations in Tiger states
, the concepts of scalar strategies and struggles over scale may prove useful. Ecological projects too are fundamentally produced by and implicated in the structuration of scale. In calling for dialogue between political ecological studies and recent work
in geography, the paper hopes to contribute towards the development of a political ecology of Tiger states.
The spatialising politics of EUropean political practice : transacting eastness in the European Union
Activity space ; Elite ; Europe ; European Union ; Geopolitical strategy ; Policy ; Territorial strategy
Espacio de actividad ; Estrategia geopolítica ; Estrategia territorial ; Europa ; Política ; Unión Europea ; Élite
, territory and positionality by elite actors created novel forms of politics which have become pivotal to the reconfiguration of EU space.
Building on recent academic exchanges theorising sociospatial relations, the AA. argue that it is not sociospatial concepts or metaphors per se that delineate the substance of such relations. It is rather the different politics by and through which