Political Geography:State and Nation

Watt, Sam. End of the United Kingdom. Souciant. Sep 9, 2014: http://souciant.com/2014/09/end-of-the-united-kingdom/

Mapsof.net. United Kingdom Labelled Map - United Kingdom maps. Retrieved Sep 15, 2014: http://mapsof.net/map/united-kingdom-labelled-map#.VBdQY0v5wds

United Kingdom?

Key terms & concepts:

• Theory• Theory of nation and state• Nation• State• Nation-State• Ahead:

– Nation building– State building– Insurgent state

Key concepts

• Nation = people• State = government unit• Nation-state: when nation = state

United KingdomEnglandScotlandWalesNorthern IrelandGreat BritainBritish

Devolution

Republic of Ireland

Mapsof.net. United Kingdom Labelled Map - United Kingdom maps. Retrieved Sep 15, 2014: http://mapsof.net/map/united-kingdom-labelled-map#.VBdQY0v5wds

IrelandCNN. Retrieved January 18, 2006: http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9802/16/n.ireland/ireland.dublin.map.lg.jpg

Sinn Fein

[c.f., Irish Republican Army]

Retrieved August 24, 2010:

http://www.snp.org/

Guardian. European cartoons on the Brexit. March 20, 2016: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/mar/20/brexit-silly-walk-best-political-cartoons-eu-europe-referendum

CIA. Retrieved 1/25/06: http://www.cia.gov/cia/reports/globaltrends2015/754303.gif

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The former Yugoslavia

Club Lexus. Retrieved August 24, 2009: http://clublexus.com/forums/car-chat/392728-pimp-my-yugo-last-one-being-produced.html

Former Soviet Union

Prentice Hall. Retrieved January 18, 2006: http://wps.prenhall.com/wps/media/objects/264/270888/Fig.%209.13%20Newly%20independent%20states%20of%20the%20former%20Soviet%20Union.gif

JEANNE WHALEN in Moscow and GUY CHAZAN in Sukhumi, Georgia. 2008. Moscow Is Likely to Recognize Breakaway Republics in Georgia. Wall Street Journal August 21, 2008; Page A7. Retrieved August 26, 2008: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121923076375956371.html

Former Soviet Union

Prentice Hall. Retrieved January 18, 2006: http://wps.prenhall.com/wps/media/objects/264/270888/Fig.%209.13%20Newly%20independent%20states%20of%20the%20former%20Soviet%20Union.gif

CNN. A divided Ukraine. March 3, 2014: http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2014/02/world/ukraine-divided/

Perry-Castañeda LibraryMap Collection. Retrieved 5/19/08: http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/middle_east_and_asia/china_ling_90.jpg

China

Glassner & Fahrer 2004

Africabib. Retrieved January 18, 2006: http://www.africabib.org/africatrans.gif

Africa

Jacobs, Frank. Africa, Uncolonized: A Detailed Look at an Alternate Continent. Strange Maps. http://bigthink.com/strange-maps/africa-uncolonized

Islam for Today. Retrieved January 18, 2006: www.islamfortoday.com/history.htm

Islam

Country with the world’s largest population of Muslims?

Islam for Today. Retrieved January 18, 2006: www.islamfortoday.com/history.htm

Islam

Indonesia

• Islam: one of the world’s largest and fastest-growing religions, based on the revelations of God to the Prophet Muhammad.

• Muslim (preferred, but also spelled Moslem): “a follower” of the Islamic faith

“Islamic Front. Muslim nations in Africa.” University of Texas Library. Retreived 09/15/09: http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/africa/africa_islam_87.jpg

World map

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“Middle East”

Middle East World Socialist Web Source. Retrieved January 18, 2005: http://www.wsws.org/tamil/category/meast/MiddleEast.gif

Iraq: formally dominant Sunni minority, Shi’ite majority

Kurdistan

Iran: Shi’iteMoslem

Kurdish Democratic Association in Sweden-lund. Retrieved January 17, 2006: hem.passagen.se/kdfsltv/hist.html

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Kurdistan

Economist. Iraq: is the surge going to fizzle? 8/19/07: http://www.economist.com/world/africa/displaystory.cfm?story_id=9370680

Saddam Hussein: President of Iraq 1979 – 2003• Favored Sunnis• Discriminated against Shi’ites• Persecuted Kurds

Nouri al-Maliki: Prime Minister of Iraq 2006 – 2014• Favored Shi’ites• Discriminated against Sunnis• Seemed to leave Kurds alone

ISIS• Favor those who follow their own, hyper-

conservative interpretation of Sunni Islam• Persecute or kill everyone else

Washington Post Book World. 2006, August 6-12, p. 8.

Middle East World Socialist Web Source. Retrieved January 18, 2005: http://www.wsws.org/tamil/category/meast/MiddleEast.gif

Iraq

Kurdistan

Iran

YAROSLAV TROFIMOV. Warlord's Defection Shows

Afghan Risk. Wall Street Journal. September 2, 2009:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125183668667977283.html

Spindle, Bill, and Gerald Seib. 2014. Islamist

Militants Aim to Redraw Map of the Middle East.

Wall Street Journal. June 12:

http://online.wsj.com/articles/islamist-militants-aim-

to-redraw-map-of-the-middle-east-1402620168

Altlearn Map Network. 8/23/06: http://www.alternative-learning.org/international/meast.gif

Retrieved August 31, 2016: http://syriancivilwarmap.com/

Unimaps. Retrieved January 18, 2006: unimaps.com/israel/

Israel & Palestine

Eurpopean Union. Retrieved 8/24/06: http://ec.europa.eu/comm/external_relations/gaza/intro/index.htm

“Palestine”

HamasFatah

PalestinePalestine net. Retrieved January 18, 2006: http://www.palestine-net.com/

Palestine net. Retrieved January 18, 2006: http://www.palestine-net.com/geography/gifs/palmap.gif

France-Palestine Organization. Retrieved 8/24/06: www.france-palestine.org/article318.html