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The Political Partitioning of Our World: An Attempt at Analysis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2011

Jean Gottmann
Jean Gottmann
Affiliation:
The Institut d'Etudes Politiques of the University of Paris
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Extract

In a previous article we attempted to examine the intricate net in which geography and the study of international relations are interwoven. The basic problem with which we dealt was the partitioning of the space available to men. Our conclusion was that this partitioned, differentiated space is organized: by studying its organization, geography can describe and analyze a network of relations in space which is both useful and at times indispensable to an understanding of international relations.

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Research Article
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World Politics , Volume 4 , Issue 4 , July 1952 , pp. 512 - 519
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Copyright © Trustees of Princeton University 1952

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References

1 “Geography and International Relations,” World Politics, III, NO. 2(January 1951), 153–73.

2 We are indebted to Professor Paul Montel of the Sorbonne and to Dr. Maurice Levy of the Institute for Advanced Study for discussing this point with us.

3 These problems have been studied at greater length in the recently published volume, Gottmann, Jean, La politique des états et leur géographie, Paris, Armand Colin, 1952.Google Scholar For the study of prehistoric routes, we are much indebted to the materials supplied by Professor A. Varagnac of Paris.