AP Human Geography Chapter 8 Devolution

the transition of power from the central government to regional governments in a state

1. Altering of a constitution 2. Experiments on new governmental body 3. Internal Division (Ethnocultural, Economic, or Spatial)

The splitting of a state due to a difference in ethnicity, linguistics, religion, or culture

1. Czechoslovakia (Czechs and Slovaks) 2. Lithuania and Ukraine from Russia 3. Sri Lanka (Hinduists and Buddhists) 4. Irish and Scottish Parliament

1. Creation of an independent state 2. Calls for Autonomy

The splitting of a state due to a difference in economies

1. Catalonia, Spain has huge impact on Spanish economy and wanted an independent state 2. Sardinia, Italy 3. Padania, northern region of Italy, called for independence from Mezzogiorno, the southern region of Italy 4. Rio Grand do Sol, Santa Catarina, and Parana in Brazil

The splitting of a state due to the distance, remoteness, and marginal location away from the capital

Numerous Islands: 1. Sardinia and Italy 2. Corisca and France 3. Taiwan and China 4. Singapore and Malaysia 5. Puerto Rico and US 6. Zanzibar and Tanzania 7. Jolo and Phillipines 8. Mayotte and Comoros 9. East Timor and China 10. Hawaii and US

He stated they don't have the political influence, resources, or population to split from the US, but they would become a gateway state between Asia and the US

Devolution events most often occur on the margins of state and at the heart of most devolutionary movements, however, is a strong sense of ethnocultural or economic difference---and when sense of difference coincide with conflicting senses of territory, the results can be explosive