Title: AIM: to what extent do borders have an impact on the politics and rule of a state?
1AIM to what extent do borders have an impact on
the politics and rule of a state?
Sovereign state
State
Nation
Country
Territory
Nation State
Colony
Frontier
2Aim to what extent have Supranationalistic
organizations had an impact on the world?
3Unitary States
However United Kingdom
4Federations
UAE?
Canada!?
Sudan and Venezuela yeah right!
5Confederations
Canada
EU formerly the EEC etc.
Switzerland I guess.
UAE?
6Supranationlism
7EU
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9Warsaw Pact NATO
10BTW, you can tell who runs countries located
along the Sahel.
11BTW
12Complete Anarchy
Somalia
Various Frontiers
13OPEC
Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
14NAFTA
North American Free Trade Agreement
15OAU
16Aim why does Gerrymandering have a massive
impact on the democratic process?
17Voting Districts
- The manipulation of voting districts not always
bad but
Elbridge Gerry, 1812, MA.
Not a salamander in this version.
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22How Gerrymandering Works
10 seats
Pop 10 million
23Texas
- 32 Congressional districts
- 23 Republicans
- 21 White Republicans
- 2 Latino Republicans
- 9 Democrats
- 3 African-American Democrats
- 4 Latino Democrats
- 2 White Democrats
- Pop 26 million
- 11.5 million Anglos
- 10.5 million Latinos
- 3 million African-Americans
- 1 million Asians Other
- 2008 44 voted for Democrats
How do you think the congressional seats are
divided up?
24Texas
- 32 Congressional districts
- 23 Republicans
- 21 White Republicans
- 2 Latino Republicans
- 9 Democrats
- 3 African-American Democrats
- 4 Latino Democrats
- 2 White Democrats
- Pop 26 million
- 11.5 million Anglo Whites
- 10.5 million Latinos
- 3 million African-Americans
- 1 million Other
- 2008 44 voted for Democrats
Texas just gained two Electoral College votes
while New York lost two.
Where are the Latinos?
25In Texas
- Anglo Republicans vs. Anglo Democrats wasted
vote. - Anglo Republicans vs. African-Americans excess
vote - Anglo Republicans vs. Latinos stacked vote
- R D
- Anglos 8.5 3
- Latinos 4.5 6
- Af-Amer 0.2 2.8
- Asians 0.8 0.2
- 14 12
Latinos should dominate the Texas Democratic Party
The unholy alliance?
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30BTW recognize these three?
31FIN
32Internal Borders
- Unitary vs. Federal States
See next slides
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36Candidate countries
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