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competition, and conflict involving benefits to some and costs to others. How this issue is resolved, and whether the winners and losers are the same at each scale are among the subjects of attention in political geography.
Topics addressed include political territoriality, geopolitics, the geography of governmental systems, the geography of voting and representation, and the geography of public policy outcomes.