The State of the World Atlas
Myriad Editions (Verlag)
978-1-912408-87-0 (ISBN)
In a world governed by 'fake news' and where world leaders are dismissing 'facts', this statistically meticulous presentation of trends is vitally important to understand the world today.
A milestone of graphic reporting, this groundbreaking 'atlas with attitude' keeps pace with the speed of change with informed analysis and graphically analyses every key indicator and vital statistic of modern life. New topics for this 10th edition include:
- Climate change: Impact on human health and security, different scenarios, and the time left to change course
- Terrorism: Number of terrorist attacks in each country
- Weapons of mass destruction: Chemical weapons use in Syria
- Peace: Agreements reached across the years
- Democracy: Spread of democracy around the world
- Minorities: Peoples under threat
- Big business: Panama and Paradise papers, and dirty business
Dan Smith is the Director of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. From 2003 to 2015 he was Secretary General of the London-based international peacebuilding organization International Alert, and before that Director of the International Peace Research Institute in Oslo. From 2014 to 2017 he was also a Professor at the University of Manchester's Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute. He has held fellowships at the Norwegian Nobel Institute and Hellenic Foundation for Foreign and European Policy. He was Chair of the Advisory Group for the UN Peacebuilding Fund in 2010 and 2011 and from 1992 to 2006 was the Chair of the Institute for War and Peace Reporting. Smith has been writing on peace and security issues for 40 years and, among other works, is the author of The State of the Middle East Atlas, as well as successive editions of The State of the World Atlas and The Atlas of War and Peace. Smith was awarded the OBE in 2002, and blogs on international politics at www.dansmithsblog.com.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 09.10.2020 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | Full colour infographics throughout |
| Verlagsort | Brighton |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 170 x 230 mm |
| Themenwelt | Reisen ► Karten / Stadtpläne / Atlanten ► Welt / Arktis / Antarktis |
| Informatik ► Datenbanken ► Data Warehouse / Data Mining | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-912408-87-2 / 1912408872 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-912408-87-0 / 9781912408870 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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