Centrifugal force: An attitude or institution that divides a state and pulls it apart.
How to apply it: Use centrifugal force to explain how ethnic conflict, economic inequality, or separatist movements threaten state cohesion.
Course: AP Human Geography · Unit: Political Patterns and Processes
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