Political Geography

Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Frontiers and boundaries. 3. Political region of the world. 4. Geopolitics. 5. Concept of Heart Land and Rinland. 6. Federalism. 7. Concept of nation and state. 8. Geography of imperialism. 9. Geographical location. 10. Coast peoples. 11. Rethinking of election geography. Index.

"This is an authentic and fascinating book which has concerned all these geographical factors in the environment and culture which make a nation politically strong and historically stable like England, U.S.A., Canada among other strong countries and politically weaker and historically unstable like Zaire. A number of new dimensions have emerged on the world-surface after the first and second World War on the political, geographical, historical, economical and cultural level. There are a number of changes on the political map of the world. Many old boundaries have disappeared and many new boundaries have appeared. New concept of nationalism, development and humanity have become the issues in post-modern generation. Any aspect of political geography, and spatial political, phenomenon is the product of numerous casual forces, both cultural and environmental. The political geographers play a vital role in identifying and evaluating these forces in order to understand spatial variations." (jacket)