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	I B Notes
		Population Geography is the study of spatial variations in distribution, density, composition and growth of human numbers on earth.
		It is important because it links all other aspects of geography together.
		Economic Theory: Based on Marxist-Leninist theories, it supposes that growth in population is as a result of a demand for labor.
	www.geographyjim.org /i_b_notes.htm (1074 words)

	FASS - Geography, Tourism & Environmental Planning - Feminist Geography
		Feminist work within geography began in the 1970s and has been important in the development of the discipline particularly in the areas of cultural geography, development studies, urban and rural geography and tourism studies as well as in the more specific areas of sexuality and space.
		Feminist geography aims to demonstrate the ways in which gender relations are both reinforced and reflected in the spatial arrangements of societies.
		Some students pursusing feminist geography choose to take their fourth paper from a range of options available in Sociology and Social Policy, Anthropology and Tourism Studies.
	www.waikato.ac.nz /wfass/subjects/geography/fem/index.shtml (964 words)

	PSU Department of Geography Human Geography
		Researchers in urban geography often collaborate with economic, human, transportation, historical, and political geographers to describe forces that shape cities and their policies.
		Melissa Wright studies Mexico, Latin America, the Mexico-U.S. border, and the export-processing zones of southern China, bringing together Marxist, feminist and poststructuralist theory to explore the mutually constitutive relationships between capitalism and culture.
		Department of Geography, part of The College of Earth and Mineral Sciences
	www.geog.psu.edu /human (739 words)

	History of Grenada
		One of the smallest independent countries in the western hemisphere, Grenada was seized by a Marxist military council on 19 October 1983.
		After obtaining independence, Grenada adopted a modified Westminster parliamentary system based on the British model, with a governor general appointed by and representing the British monarch (head of state) and a prime minister who is both leader of the majority party and the head of government.
		Although Britain was hard-pressed to overcome a pro-French revolt in 1795, Grenada remained British for the remainder of the colonial period.
	infotut.com /geography/Grenada (992 words)

	Foreign & Commonwealth Office Country Profiles
		The first head of State, President Modibo Keita immediately declared a single party state and pursued Marxist Socialist policies supported by alliances with the Soviet Bloc.
		Mali was the chair of the sub-regional body ECOWAS in 2000 and 2001, and is a member of the West African Franc Zone organisation UEMOA.
		Mali, a Sahel state, is landlocked and is mostly desert or semi-desert.
	www.fco.gov.uk /servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1007029394365&a=KCountryProfile&aid=1019744971835 (1417 words)

	History of geography -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		More influential was Marxist geography, which applied the social theories of (Founder of modern communism; wrote the Communist Manifesto with Engels in 1848; wrote Das Kapital in 1867 (1818-1883)) Karl Marx and his followers to geographic phenomena.
		Feminist geography is, as the name suggests, the use of ideas from (A doctrine that advocates equal rights for women) feminism in geographic contexts.
		The most recent strain of critical geography is postmodernist geography, which employs the ideas of (Click link for more info and facts about postmodernist) postmodernist and (Click link for more info and facts about poststructuralist) poststructuralist theorists to explore the social construction of spatial relations.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/h/hi/history_of_geography.htm (774 words)

	Facts About the Republic of Benin: Official Document
		That of October 26, 1972 was the starting point of a 17-year regime which three years later went red with a Marxist Leninist ideology.
		Benin is the natural gateway to Togo and Nigeria and to such landlocked countries as Burkina Faso, Niger and Mali.
		Benin is located in West Africa and covers a land area Of 112,622 Sq.
	www.sas.upenn.edu /African_Studies/Country_Specific/benin_EDoc.html (2130 words)

	Zimbabwe - Atlapedia Online
		LOCATION and GEOGRAPHY: Zimbabwe is a landlocked country located in South Central Africa.
		In June 1991 the government approved the removal of all Marxist-Leninist references from the constitution.
		It is bound by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia to the northwest and Mozambique to the northeast, east and southeast.
	www.atlapedia.com /online/countries/zimbabwe.htm (1562 words)

	Yemen
		In 1979, under strong Soviet influence, the country became the only Marxist state in the Arab world.
		The junta proclaimed the Yemen Arab Republic, and after a civil war in which Egypt's Nasser and the USSR supported the revolutionaries and King Saud of Saudi Arabia and King Hussein of Jordan supported the royalists, the royalists were finally defeated in mid-1969.
		Yemen: History - History Northern Yemen The earliest recorded civilizations of S Arabia were the Minaean and...
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0108153.html (1069 words)

	Vietnam
		Hanoi's Marxist policies combined with the destruction of the country's infrastructure during the decades of fighting devastated Vietnam's economy.
		Vietnam occupies the eastern and southern part of the Indochinese peninsula in Southeast Asia, with the South China Sea along its entire coast.
		In 1977, border clashes between Vietnam and Cambodia intensified, as well as accusations by its former ally Beijing that Chinese residents of Vietnam were being subjected to persecution.
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0108144.html (1429 words)

	A Virtual Travel to Nicaragua - Republica de Nicaragua
		Violent opposition to governmental manipulation and corruption spread to all classes by 1978 and resulted in a short-lived civil war that brought the Marxist Sandinista guerrillas to power in 1979.
		Here you will find comprehensive information about Nicaragua in its diversity: geography, economy, science, people, culture, environment, government and history.
		Nicaragua is the largest country of Central America.
	www.nationsonline.org /oneworld/nicaragua.htm (1429 words)

	A Virtual Travel to Namibia
		In 1966 the Marxist South-West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) guerrilla group launched a war of independence for the area that was soon named Namibia, but it was not until 1988 that South Africa agreed to end its administration in accordance with a UN peace plan for the entire region.
		Air Namibia the principal airline of SWA / Namibia, the former Namib Air (until 1991) serves destinations in South Africa: Cape Town and Johannesburg and Europe: Frankfurt, Germany and London, United Kingdom.
		Permanent Mission of the Republic of Namibia to the UN
	www.nationsonline.org /oneworld/namibia.htm (338 words)

	1Up Travel > Namibia > Travel & Tourism Tourist Guide to Namibia
		In 1966 the Marxist South-West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) guerrilla group launched a war of independence for the area that was soon named Namibia, but it was not until 1988 that South Africa agreed to end its administration in accordance with a UN peace plan for the entire region.
		Geography of Namibia - Highlights the location, map references, area, land boundaries, climate, natural resources, land use, natural hazards, environment, and geography of Namibia
		Government and Politics in Namibia - Profiles the country name, government type, administrative divisions, independence, national holiday, constitution, legal system, suffrage, executive, legislative, and judicial branches, political parties and leaders, and a flag description of Namibia.
	www.1uptravel.com /international/africa/namibia (602 words)

	Grenada map, map of Grenada, buy Grenada maps, buy Grenada travel book from Map Town Ltd.
		The smallest independent country in the western hemisphere, Grenada was seized by a Marxist military council on 19 October 1983.
		Grenada is the most southerly of the Windward Islands, about 161 km (100 mi) from the Venezuelan coast.
		It is a volcanic island traversed by a mountain range, the highest peak of which is Mount St. Catherine at an elevation of 840 m (2,756 ft).
	www.maptown.com /grenadamaps.html (186 words)

	Cuba - Atlapedia Online
		LOCATION and GEOGRAPHY: Cuba is an island located on the northern rim of the Caribbean Sea west of Haiti, south of Florida and north of Jamaica.
		In Dec. 1961 Castro declared himself as a Marxist-Leninist and Cuba a communist state.
		Topographically, 66% of Cuba is flat land of rolling plains, with mountain systems, such as the Central Escambray, the western Sierra de los Organos and the rugged easterly Sierra Maestra, accounting for the remaining 34%.
	www.atlapedia.com /online/countries/cuba.htm (1700 words)

	SED - Geography - Fieldwork - Cuba - History
		This Marxist website gives you access to a series of primary documents on Cuba with a particular focus on the Cuban Missile Crisis and on documents relating to Fidel Castro and Che Guevara.
		SED - Geography - Fieldwork - Cuba - History
		The social, cultural and political histories of Cuba have played an important role in shaping the city of Havana.
	www.sed.man.ac.uk /geography/undergraduate/fieldwork/cuba/history.htm (101 words)

	Geometry.Net - Basic B Books: Bolivia Geography
		The only bizarre aspect is the ludicrous introduction cobbled onto this new edition: neo-Marxist PC drivel according to the current academic fad.
		The Ecology of Malnutrition in Western South America: Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and Chile, (His Studies in Medical Geography, V. by Jacques Meyer May
		It gives a picture of Bolivia as it was in the early part of the century thru the eyes of a sympathetic but critical Englishman who lived in places not on most tourist itineraries.
	www.geometry.net /basic_b_bk/bolivia_geography.html (320 words)

	UCI Libraries - Subject: Political Science
		Counting California seeks to enhance "access to the growing range of social science and economic data produced by government agencies." Its "single interface enables users access to public use data compiled by federal, state, and local agencies, and also allows users to collate and integrate data by topic, geography, title, and provider."
		TheDataWeb is network of U.S. Government and non-governmental online data libraries that have mounted Census data, economic data, health data, income and unemployment data, population data, labor data, cancer data, crime and transportation data, family dyanmics, and vital statistics data.
		From National Democratic Institute for International Affairs, a searchable database arranged by country and region on the following topics: Citizen participation, Civil-military/Security sector reform, Elections, Governance, Political parties, and Women's participation.
	www.lib.uci.edu /online/subject/subpage.php?subject=poli (1566 words)

	E-STAT lesson plan: Political Parties and Election Results: Worksheet
		For the Geography, select 1997 — Canada, by Province and Territory.
		Your primary goal will be to increase the number of valid votes your party receives in one region of the country.
		You are this party’s campaign manager for an upcoming election.
	www.statcan.ca /english/kits/vote/vote2_97.htm (1566 words)

	The Sunday Tribune - Spectrum - Books
		In the early years of the 20th century internationalisation of capital was a common preoccupation of Marxist theorists — one need only think of the analyses of Luxemburg, Lenin, and Bukharin in this regard.
		This is not to say that there are no new phenomena at work today or that we do not need to develop new lines of inquiry and analysis if we are to chart the geography of capitalism at the millennium.
		the decline of national sovereignty so familiar to theorists of the nation-state today is in fact a highly differential and unequal process which tends to exacerbate global power imbalances.
	www.tribuneindia.com /2000/20000514/spectrum/books.htm (1566 words)

	Nicaragua Government 1989 - Flags, Maps, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, International Agreements, Population, Social Statistics, Political System
		Nicaragua Government 1989 - Flags, Maps, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, International Agreements, Population, Social Statistics, Political System
	www.theodora.com /wfb1989/nicaragua/nicaragua_government.html (1566 words)

	ABC Country Book of Nicaragua - government Flag, Map, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, International Agreements, Population, Social Statistics, Political System
		ABC Country Book of Nicaragua - government Flag, Map, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, International Agreements, Population, Social Statistics, Political System
		parties marked with an asterisk belong to the National Opposition Union (UNO), an alliance of moderate parties, which, however, does not always follow a unified political agenda
		Christian Democratic Union (UDC), Luis Humberto GUZMAN; Nicaraguan Democratic Movement (MDN), Roberto URROZ; Social Democratic Party (PSD), Adolfo JARQUIN; Movement of Revolutionary Unity (MUR), Pablo HERNANDEZ; Sandinista Renovation Movement (MRS), Sergio RAMIREZ; Democratic Action Movement (MAD), Eden PASTORA; Communist Party of Nicaragua* (PCdeN), Eli ALTIMIRANO Perez
	www.theodora.com /wfb/nicaragua_government.html (1566 words)

	Nepal Government 1991 - Flags, Maps, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, International Agreements, Population, Social Statistics, Political System
		Nepal Government 1991 - Flags, Maps, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, International Agreements, Population, Social Statistics, Political System
		Legislative branch: bicameral Parliament consists of an upper house or National Council and a lower house or House of Representatives
		Political parties and leaders: ruling party--Nepali Congress Party (NCP), Girija Prasad KOIRALA, Ganesh Man SINGH, Krishna Prasad BHATTARAI
	www.theodora.com /wfb1991/nepal/nepal_government.html (1566 words)

	Congo, Republic of
		Congo's second president, Alphonse Massemba-Débat, instituted a Marxist-Leninist government.
		Encyclopedia: Democratic Republic of the Congo Political Geography - Encyclopeadia articles concerning Democratic Republic of the Congo Political Geography.
		Atlas: Democratic Republic of the Congo - Facts on Democratic Republic of the Congo: flags, maps, geography, history, statistics, disasters current events, and international relations.
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0107427.html (1005 words)

	GlobalCircle portal A
		Book: Salvador Allende Reader - Chile’s Voice of Democracy, Edited by James D. Cockcroft and Jane Carolina Canning - A comprehensive selection of the principal speeches of Salvador Allende, the Marxist President of Chile overthrown in a 1973 military coup led by General Pinochet.
		American Samoa geography, demographics, economy, modern history to 1994
		Algeria geography, demographics, economy, modern history to 1994
	globalcircle.net /00a.htm (836 words)

	ipedia.com: Henri Lefebvre Article
		the most prolific of French Marxist intellectuals, died during the night of 28-29 June 1991, less than a fortnight after his ninetieth birthday.
		During his long career, his work has gone in and out of fashion several times, and has influenced the development not only of philosophy but also of sociology, geography, political science and literary criticism.
		Radical Philosophy magazine wrote of Henri Lefebvre, 1901 - 1991 in his obituary the most prolific of French Marxist intellectuals, died during the night of 28-29 June 1991, less than a fortnight afte...
	www.ipedia.com /henri_lefebvre.html (719 words)

	Dialectic
		Roy Bhaskar utilizes these results to clarify the relations between the Hegelian and Marxian dialectics, providing a measured defense of the latter and a critique of both the ‘dialectical materialist’ and ‘Western Marxist’ traditions.
		Then, elaborating his transformational model of social activity, with its conception of social science as explanatory, and thence emancipatory, Bhaskar traces its important implications for social theory, history and geography.
		He profiles a riveting account of the trajectory of Western philosophy from its pre-Socratic origins to its contemporary analytical, Marxist and post-modernist forms.
	www.versobooks.com /books/ab/b-titles/bhaskar_dialectic.shtml (270 words)

	GlobalCircle portal A
		Book: Salvador Allende Reader - Chile’s Voice of Democracy, Edited by James D. Cockcroft and Jane Carolina Canning - A comprehensive selection of the principal speeches of Salvador Allende, the Marxist President of Chile overthrown in a 1973 military coup led by General Pinochet.
		Algeria geography, demographics, economy, modern history to 1994
		Antigua and Barbuda geography, demographics, economy, modern history to 1994
	globalcircle.net /00a.htm (836 words)

	Chapter Eight
		The physical geography of Africa is dominated by the continents plateau character, variable rainfall, soils of low fertility and persistent environmental problems such as desertification.
		Most of Africa’s political boundaries were drawn during the colonial period without regard for the human and physical geography of the areas they divided.
		By the 1990's both countries economies seemed poised for a turnaround as some of the worst fighting in Africa came to an end and Marxist economics have been abandoned.
	www.accd.edu /sac/earthsci/sgirhard/1303.090/chap8.htm (5578 words)

	GlobalCircle portal A
		Book: Salvador Allende Reader - Chile’s Voice of Democracy, Edited by James D. Cockcroft and Jane Carolina Canning - A comprehensive selection of the principal speeches of Salvador Allende, the Marxist President of Chile overthrown in a 1973 military coup led by General Pinochet.
		Angola geography, demographics, economy, modern history - Atlapedia.com
		Antigua and Barbuda geography, demographics, economy, modern history to 1994
	globalcircle.net /00a.htm (836 words)

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