Political and Economical Geography 2104-L-W1GPIE

Methodology - research approaches to PEG. Development of concept and scope; directions in PEG in historical aspects. Geographical environment and political and economical problems. Geopolitics - theory and main schools. Political map of the world: states and dependent territories. A historical overview of political maps. Contemporary political map of the world. Territory and political boundaries of the states. Political divisions of seas and oceans. Outer space and political division of the skies. Internationalizations and interdependencies in modern world. Global problems and their typology. Population explosion, global food market, global energy policy, global problems of water, ecopolitics. Races and nations. Languages in the world. Religions in the world. International migrations. Geography of the contemporary international conflicts.