Political Geography

Political Organization of Space

The Basics

  1. Territorial dimensions of politics
  2. Evolution of the contemporary political pattern
  3. Challenges to inherited political-territorial arrangements

Geographers to Know

Richard Hartsome- Evolution of Boundaries (categories)

Ellsworth Huntington- Environmental Determinism

Halford Mackinder- Heartland Theory

Friedrich Ratzel- Organic Theory

Nicholas Spykman- Rimland Theory