Geopolitics
Slide 1: geography and places
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What makes places unique and the connections and interactions between places
Are they magnets of in-migration or sources of out migration
Are investors of global capital seeking to put their money in a particular place, or are jobs being
relocated to other parts of the world
Is a place a site for drug production, such as areas of Afghanistan, or the venue for illegal drug
use, such as suburban areas of the United states or Europe
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Understanding a place requires analyzing how its uniqueness is produced through a combination
of physical, social, economic, and political attributes – and how those attributes are partially a
product of connections to other places, near and far.
Slide 3
Agnew’s 3 aspects of place
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Location
Locale
Sense of place
Location according to Agnew is the position of a particular point on earth.
Locale is the physical setting for relationships between people.
Sense of place is the emotions someone has towards the place.
Due to globalization place can change overtime as its culture is influenced by new ideas and
technologies.
Slide 4
Location and locale
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Location is the role a place plays in the world , or its function. The key industries and sources of
employment within a place are a good measure of location – whether it is a steel mill, coal mine
, military base, or tourist resort.
Locale refers to the institutions that organize activity, politics, and identity in a place. People
operate as parts of groups: families, schools, workplaces, communities of worship, labor unions,
political parties, militias, parent-teachers organizations , sports clubs, E.T.C .
Slide 5 Sense of place
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People’s identity is a function of membership in a number of collective identities
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People are guided in by their actions by particular identities that say who they are and what
they can and cannot, should and should not, do
Belonging to a particular ethnic group socializes people into particular expectations and life
chances.