have shaped the world since 1945 and covers contemporary events in international politics, including the founding of new states, the emergence of new political leaders, and the most recent warfare and civil strife in countries such a Rwanda, Bosnia, and Haiti. Individual chapters offer information on international organizations and alliances, political parties, governments and elections, population growth, and armed conflict. This edition also covers topics such as international political organizations and movements; heads of state and government; treaties, alliances, and diplomatic agreements; elections; the violent world; and population and urbanization. It contains a dictionary of political terms, events, and actions and the biographical dictionary of political figures.

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