Political geography is concerned with the spatial expression of political entities and events.
It involves analysis at a variety of scales ranging from the local to the global. The control and manipulation of territory and the imposition of political boundaries are central to this analysis. In this course issues of nation building, the State, colonisation and decolonisation will be discussed. The course will also explore geopolitical theory and investigate concepts of hegemony and world order. The State in the Late 20th.