Environmental determinism
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Environmental determinism (also known as climatic determinism or geographical determinism) is the study of how the physical environment predisposes societies and states towards particular development trajectories. Nineteenth century approaches held that climate and terrain largely determined human activity and psychology, and it was associated with institutionalized racism and eugenics. Jared Diamond, Jeffrey Herbst, and other social scientists sparked a revival of the theory during the late twentieth century. This "neo-environmental determinism" school of thought examines how geographic and ecological forces influence state-building, economic development, and institutions.
See also
- Factor endowment
- State building
- Impact of Western European colonialism and colonisation
- Colonialism
- States and Power in Africa: Comparative Lessons in Authority and Control
- The Wealth and Poverty of Nations
- Guns, Germs, and Steel
- William Easterly
- Jeffrey Herbst
- David Landes
- Ross Levine
- Montesquieu
- James A. Robinson
- Andrew Sluyter
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