英语国家概况之美国政治

Political Geography
As a result, nations share one or
more important cultural traits such as religion, language, history, values and political institutions. Nations have an attachment to a particular territory and their identity is intimately associated with that territory.
Political Geography
Centripetal forces can be reinforced by
a threat of foreign aggression. This has always been very effective in unifying a population.
Political Geography
The Palestinians are a nation and
only now beginning to have a state of their own. Nation-state: this is when the territory of a state is occupied by only one distinct nation or people. In that case, there are no important minority groups.
Political Geography
State is synonymous with Country. Nation: refers to a reasonably
large group of people with a common culture that occupy a particular territory. They are bound together by a strong sense of unity arising from shared beliefs and customs.
and religion that give people a shared, positive vision of what their country is all about. Things like a strong sense of shared history and values and a shared language.
Political Geography
Another problem is that of political
and economic inequality (economic Hierarchy) – Upper, middle and lower class. Many people think that in recent years centrifugal forces have been gaining grounds in the United States. Remember the Vietnam war.
POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY
UNITED STATES AND CANADA
STATES AND NATIONS
Political Geography
States and Nations: this two words
are used differently by political scientist. A State is a political unit that occupies a precisely defined, permanently populated territory. It has full control over its internal and foreign affairs. In short it is an independent State.
Political Geography
Remember the 2000 election.
Remember the problem between Muslims
and Christians All these become centrifugal forces that can kill a Country. In Canada, Language is its most centrifugal force. Currently in the United States we have opposition to the war in Iraq.
Political Geography
Many French Canadians see
themselves as a separate nation and therefore advocate an independent state. Canada’s population distribution works to the disadvantage of a Canadian centripetal force because their provinces are much closer to the united states than to Canadian states.
Political Geography
hese includes such things as
iconography and political pageantry. Examples are: – the flag, – reciting the Pledge of Allegiance, – celebrating independence day, – singing the national anthem. A sense of shared history and struggle is also important.
Political Geography
In Political Geography, Centripetal
forces are those forces that bind a country together.
Political Geography
The unifying factors such as language
Political Geography
A multi-cultural state consists of
several nations: A good example is India. Some nations do not have their own state and therefore are scattered across several countries – Kurds in the middle east.
Political Geography
All of these people see themselves
Political Geography
Canada is often termed two nations
within a state, because Canadians speak French and English. Canada uses the term “first nations” to refer to the indigenous groups of Canadians.
Political Geography
The United Nations recommended
that the word State be capitalized to distinguish it from a “state” which is a lower-order political unit. The State is the dominant form of political unit in the world organization.
Political Geography
Centripetal forces are fostered by an
educational system that socializes children into a national ideology. It is fostered by the media (Radio, Television, and written press). Centrifugal forces are forces of disunity – the presence of more than one language or religion.
Political Geography
The United States has had strong
centripetal forces such as shared beliefs in the ideals of our democracy and economic freedom. We are ready to go to war in order to defend these fundamental rights.
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This has helped unite our country
during critical times. This helped the country survive such tests as the civil war and disruptions caused by enormous immigration. Despite that, we still emerged as a world power.
Political Geography
Japan, Denmark, and Poland are
examples of nation-states. Such an arrangement minimizes conflicts, and makes for strong states. On the other hand, there are strong states with sizeable minorities. The existence of such states is that the sizeable minorities have safe ways to express themselves.
Political Geography
Almost all of the earth’s land unit
is included in such units. The only exception is Antarctica which has neither a permanent population nor an established government. However, parts of Antarctica are claimed by certain countries.
Political Geography
Centrifugal and Centripetal Forces:
Centrifugal and Centripetal are two
terms that crop up frequently in political Geography and Political science.