Student Atlas of World Politics

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.