GEO
101 World Human Geography
Spring 2008
Lecture
Outline
Geography
Matters!
Matters!
The System of Nations-States
The system of Nation-States
What is a Nation?
What is a State?
Sovereignty
Sovereignty and the Chinese State
What is a nation-state?
Multinational States
Centripetal forces (see internal cohesion)
Centrifugal forces
Example Yugoslavia
Globalization and the erosion of sovereignty?
International Organizations
Supranational Organizations
The European Union
- The Possibility of Cultural Union?