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GEOG 3811

Political Geography

0.5 credits · Undergraduate

Winter 2026

Topics

  • Concepts in Political Geography Reading 1
  • The State Reading
  • The State II Reading
  • Government Reading
  • Boundaries Reading
  • 22 The Nation Reading
  • Nationalism Reading
  • Decolonialism
  • Other examples
  • Geopolitics Reading
  • Regional Organizations
  • Global Organizations
  • Early North America
  • Democracy
  • 12 Electoral Geography
  • Neo-Liberalism Reading
  • Identity Politics
  • Community Politics
  • Local Government
  • Future
Winter 2024

Topics

  • A broad examination of the spatial nature of politics. How do the particulars of a place, whether
  • global, regional and local scale? Special attention
  • experienced and shaped by individuals based upon their relationship to political structures at
  • multiple scales
  • political geography
  • in research and advocacy
  • to engage in political processes
  • to explain the power relationships that shape personal experience based upon
  • understandings of race, gender, ableism, and poverty
  • be able to situate ourselves within different political contexts
  • Course Organisation
  • General Themes by Week
  • Create Course Outline
  • Discuss Introduction (Smith, 2020) Choose Topic – Assign
  • Discuss Assign 1 Topic w/ Study Group Assign 1 - Sources
  • Decide “Land Back” Groups
  • Practice deputations w/ Study Group Assign 1 - Draft
  • Deliver deputations and presentations to class Assign 1 – Finished Project
  • What does Land Back mean? Divide Group Assignments
  • Intra-Group work Inter-Group work
  • Intra-Group work Inter-Group work Draft Projects – Assign
  • Display Land Back Projects – Assign

Readings

  • We will by using the textbook Political Geography: A Critical Introduction by Sara Smith
  • (2020). The textbook is available in multiple formats and will be necessary to respond to the discussion prompts each week ( of the course). Additional journal articles, websites, videos, podcasts and other media will also assigned in class or on D2L for the discussions.
  • Smith, S. (2020). Political Geography: A Critical Introduction. Wiley Blackwell.
Winter 2024

Topics

  • Concepts in Political Geography Text Intro &
  • The State
  • 17 Boundaries
  • The Nation Chp
  • 24 Nationalism
  • Colonialism and Imperialism
  • Decolonialism
  • Geopolitics Chp

Readings

  • Painter, J & Jeffrey, A. (2009) Political Geography 2nd ed. Los Angeles: Sage
Sources