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This part is designed to introduce the concept of political process as an agent for landscape change, in recognition that political process is itself influenced by characteristics of the political landscape. In part 5 political processes which are effective mainly within a state system are studied, and in part 7 attention is focused on processes active at the international level. In the context of states as subsystems within the international system, the rigid separation of factors internal and external to the state is not possible, and the framework adopted here is partly influenced by convenience.* Two processes in particular, perception and decision-making, apply equally at the internal and external levels, and since they are closely interrelated, they are considered here together. The development of behavioural approaches based on the detailed study of the processes operating within political areas has provided a basis for a much invigorated political geography in recent years.
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Muir, R. (1981). Political process, perception and decision-making. In: Modern Political Geography. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-86076-0_4
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