Understanding Political Behaviour and Participation (PLC201-U)

Course Identification and Academic Personnel

  • Department: Department of Political Sciences.
  • Field of Study: Politics.
  • Course Code: PLC201-U.
  • Course Title: Understanding Political Behaviour and Participation.
  • Document Type: Only Study Guide.
  • Compiled by: Susan Botha.
  • Instructional Designer: Marié Nothling (Bureau for University Teaching).
  • Editor: lauma Cooper (Editorial Department).
  • Layout and Cover Design: Hetta Vontsteen (Unisa Press).
  • Institution: University of South Africa (UNISA), Pretoria.

Global Geographical Context: Continents of the World

  • Europe
  • Asia
  • North America
  • South America
  • Africa
  • Antarctica
  • Australia

Geographical Inventory: North America

  • Primary Sovereign Entities and Territories:
    • 1 Greenland (Denmark)
    • 2 Canada
    • 3 United States
    • 4 Mexico
    • 5 Guatemala
    • 6 Belize
    • 7 Honduras
    • 8 El Salvador
    • 9 Nicaragua
    • 10 Costa Rica
    • 11 Panama
    • 12 Cuba
    • 13 Jamaica
    • 14 Haiti
    • 15 Dominican Republic
    • 16 Bahamas
    • 17 United States

Geographical Inventory: South America

  • Primary Sovereign Entities and Territories:
    • 1 Colombia
    • 2 Venezuela
    • 3 Guyana
    • 4 Suriname
    • 5 French Guiana
    • 6 Brazil
    • 7 Uruguay
    • 8 Paraguay
    • 9 Argentina
    • 10 Chile
    • 11 Bolivia
    • 12 Peru
    • 13 Ecuador

Geographical Inventory: Europe

  • Primary Sovereign Entities and Territories:
    • 1 Portugal
    • 2 Spain
    • 3 France
    • 4 Switzerland
    • 5 Italy
    • 6 Slovenia
    • 7 Croatia
    • 8 Bosnia & Herzegovina
    • 9 Serbia & Montenegro
    • 10 F.Y.R.O. Macedonia
    • 11 Albania
    • 12 Greece
    • 13 Bulgaria
    • 14 Romania
    • 15 Moldova
    • 16 Hungary
    • 17 Austria
    • 18 Czech Republic
    • 19 Germany
    • 20 Belgium
    • 21 Netherlands
    • 22 Great Britain (Great Britain & Northern Ireland)
    • 23 Ireland
    • 24 Iceland
    • 25 Norway
    • 26 Denmark
    • 27 Sweden
    • 28 Finland
    • 29 Estonia
    • 30 Latvia
    • 31 Lithuania
    • 32 Poland
    • 33 Belarus
    • 34 Ukraine
    • 35 Russia
    • 36 Slovakia

Geographical Inventory: Africa

  • Primary Sovereign Entities and Territories:
    • 1 Morocco
    • 2 Western Sahara
    • 3 Mauritania
    • 4 Senegal
    • 5 The Gambia
    • 6 Guinea
    • 7 Sierra Leone
    • 8 Liberia
    • 9 Côte d'Ivoire
    • 10 Ghana
    • 11 Togo
    • 12 Benin
    • 13 Nigeria
    • 14 Burkina Faso
    • 15 Mali
    • 16 Niger
    • 17 Algeria
    • 18 Tunisia
    • 19 Libya
    • 20 Egypt
    • 21 Chad
    • 22 Cameroon
    • 23 Equatorial Guinea
    • 24 Gabon
    • 25 Congo
    • 26 Central African Republic
    • 27 Sudan
    • 28 Uganda
    • 29 Rwanda
    • 30 Burundi
    • 31 Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)
    • 32 Angola
    • 33 Namibia
    • 34 South Africa
    • 35 Lesotho
    • 36 Swaziland
    • 37 Botswana
    • 38 Zimbabwe
    • 39 Zambia
    • 40 Malawi
    • 41 Mozambique
    • 42 Madagascar
    • 43 Comoros
    • 44 Tanzania
    • 45 Kenya
    • 46 Ethiopia
    • 47 Somalia
    • 48 Djibouti
    • 49 Eritrea
    • 50 Guinea-Bissau

Geographical Inventory: Asia

  • Primary Sovereign Entities and Territories:
    • 1 Lebanon
    • 2 Israel
    • 3 Jordan
    • 4 Syria
    • 5 Kuwait
    • 6 Iraq
    • 7 Saudi Arabia
    • 8 Yemen
    • 9 Oman
    • 10 United Arab Emirates
    • 11 Iran
    • 12 Azerbaijan
    • 13 Armenia
    • 14 Turkey
    • 15 Georgia
    • 16 Russia
    • 17 Kazakhstan
    • 18 Turkmenistan
    • 19 Uzbekistan
    • 20 Kyrgyzstan
    • 21 Tajikistan
    • 22 Afghanistan
    • 23 Pakistan
    • 24 India
    • 25 Sri Lanka
    • 26 Nepal
    • 27 Bhutan
    • 28 Bangladesh
    • 29 Burma (Myanmar)
    • 30 Thailand
    • 31 Cambodia
    • 32 Vietnam
    • 33 Laos
    • 34 China
    • 35 Mongolia
    • 36 North Korea
    • 37 South Korea
    • 38 Japan
    • 39 Taiwan
    • 40 Philippines
    • 41 Indonesia
    • 42 Malaysia
    • 43 Indonesia
    • 44 Brunei
    • 45 Singapore
    • 46 Caspian Sea
    • 47 Malaysia

Regional Political Geography: South Africa

  • Individual Provinces:
    • Western Cape
    • Northern Cape
    • Eastern Cape
    • Free State
    • North West
    • Limpopo (formerly Northern Province)
    • Mpumalanga
    • KwaZulu-Natal
    • Gauteng
  • Surrounding International Boundaries:
    • Namibia
    • Botswana
    • Zimbabwe
    • Mozambique
    • Swaziland
    • Lesotho
  • Oceanic Context:
    • Atlantiese Oseaan (Atlantic Ocean)
    • Indiese Oseaan (Indian Ocean)