1. Human Geography Jerome D. Fellmann Arthur Getis Judith Getis Jon C. Malinowski

2. Human Geography Chapter 12 The Political Ordering of Space

3. National Political Systems States, Nations, and Nation-States The Evolution of the Modern State Geographic Characteristics of States –Size –Shape –Location –Cores and Capitals

4. National Political Systems (cont.) Boundaries: The Limits of the State –Classification of Boundaries –Boundary Disputes

5. Centripetal Forces: Promoting State Cohesion Nationalism Unifying Institutions Organization and Administration Transportation and Communication

6. Centrifugal Forces: Challenges to State Authority Organized Religion Nationalism Regional Autonomous Movements Source: CIA

7. The Projection of Power Geopolitical Assessments –Mackinder Heartland Theory –Alfred Mahan –Nicholas Spykman Rimland Theory –Containment –Domino Theory –Terrorism

8. International Political Systems Supranationalism The United Nations and Its Agencies –Maritime Boundaries –An International Law of the Sea Regional Alliances –Economic Alliances –Military and Political Alliances

9. Local and Regional Political Organization The Geography of Representation: The Distributing Problem The Fragmentation of Political Power