Political Geography
4712: lecture terms for the final exam (not including those already covered
by the readings)
Ethnic nationalism in Central and
Pseudo-states:
examples and their characteristics
Geographic
solutions to nationalist conflicts
Hypothetica: 13 potential conflicts and examples of each
Kondratieff
waves: dates, innovations, and leaders
Characteristics
of Kondratieff B-phases
Examples
of semi-periphery states (e.g. new & old NICs)
Cycle
of innovation, production, trade, finance, mil/pol,
cultural
Hegemony – its definition, measurement and longevity (Wallerstein, Modelski, Gramsci)
Critiques
of Wallerstein & Modelski
models
Modelski’s conditions of global power
Long
cycle model – dates, global power, organizing wars
Similarities
& differences between Wallerstein & Modelski models
Globalization
definition
Fordism and post-Fordism
NIDL
and its effects
Implications
of globalization
Ohmae’s thesis: arguments for and against
Panregional linkages of world cities
Resource
economy
Alienation
(Marx)
Gramscian hegemony
Politics
of power, politics of support, politics of failure
Key
functions of the state under capitalism
Three
crises of capitalism (Habermas): legitimation,
rationality and motivation
Distribution
of coups d’etat in
Cycles
of coups and counter-coups in
Diffusion
of democracy (waves & reversals)
Relationship
between economic development and democracy – why is stable democracy only in
rich countries?
Formal/liberal
democracy vs. illiberal democracy
Substantive
democracy
Civic
democracy