
Student Atlas of World Politics
John Logan Allen(Author)
McGraw Hill Higher Education (Publisher)
4th Edition
Published on 1. October 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
128 pages
978-0-07-235215-3 (ISBN)
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Description
This atlas of current affairs aims to reflect developments in political geography and international relations. The updated collection of maps and data should be useful for exploring the concept of geopolitics and the relationships between geography and world politics.
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Edition
4th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United States
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
maps
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Weight
450 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-07-235215-3 (9780072352153)
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Content
Part 1 The contemporary world: current world political boundaries; world climate regions; world topography; world ecological regions; world natural hazards; land use patterns of the world; world population density; world religions; world languages; world external migrations in modern times. Part 2 States - alliances and conflicts: sovereign states - duration of independence; European boundaries, 1914-1948; an age of bipolarity - the Cold War ca. 1970; Europe - political changes in the 1990s; the Middle East - territorial chances, 1918-present; Africa -colonialism to independence, 1910-1997; Asia - colonialism to independence, 1930-1997; global distribution of minority groups; linguistic diversity; world refugee population; international conflicts in the post-World War II world; post-Cold War international alliances; flashpoints, year 2000; nations with nuclear weapons; military expenditures as percentage of gross domestic product; size of armed forces; political boundary types; political systems. Part 3 The global economy: international trade organizations; rich and poor countries - gross national product; gross national product per capita; relative wealth of nations -purchasing power parity; international flows of capital; economic output per sector; employment by economic activity; central governmental expenditures per capita; the indebtedness of states; exports of primary products; dependence on trade. Part 4 Population and human development: population growth rates; infant mortality rate; average life expectancy at birth; population by age group; total labour force; urban population; illiteracy rates; unemployment and labour migration; the gender gap - inequalities in education and employment; the index of human development. Part 5 Food, energy and materials: production of staples - cereals, roots, tubers; agricultural production per capita; calories available as a percentage of need; energy production per capita; energy requirements per capita; energy dependency; flows of oil; production of crucial materials; consumption of crucial materials. Part 6 Environmental conditions: deforestation and desertification; soil degradation; air and water; quality; per capita CO2 emissions.