Political handbook of the world 2015 / edited by Tom Lansford.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lansford, Tom, editor.

Series:

Gale eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World politics--2005-2015.

World politics.

World politics--21st century.

World politics--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 1869 pages) : illustrations, maps

Place of Publication:

Los Angeles : SAGE : CQ Press, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Political Handbook of the World provides timely, thorough, and accurate political information, with more in-depth coverage of current political controversies than any other reference guide. The updated 2015 edition will continue to be the most authoritative source for finding complete facts and analysis on each country's governmental and political makeup. Compiling in one place more than 200 entries on countries and territories throughout the world, this volume is renowned for its extensive coverage of all major and minor political parties and groups in each political system. It also provides names of key ambassadors and international memberships of each country, plus detailed profiles of more than 30 intergovernmental organizations and UN agencies. And this annual update includes coverage of current events, issues, crises, and controversies from the course of this year.

Contents:

POLITICAL HANDBOOK OF THE WORLD 2015-FRONT COVER; POLITICAL HANDBOOK OF THE WORLD 2015; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION ABBREVIATIONS ; PREFACE; GOVERNMENTS; AFGHANISTAN; ALBANIA; ALGERIA; ANDORRA; ANGOLA; ANTARCTICA; ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA ; ARGENTINA; ARMENIA; AUSTRALIA; AUSTRIA; AZERBAIJAN; BAHAMAS; BAHRAIN; BANGLADESH; BARBADOS; BELARUS; BELGIUM; BELIZE; BENIN; BHUTAN; BOLIVIA; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; BOTSWANA; BRAZIL; BRUNEI; BULGARIA; BURKINA FASO; BURUNDI; CAMBODIA; CAMEROON; CANADA; CAPE VERDE; CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC ; CHAD; CHILE; CHINA; PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

TAIWANCOLOMBIA; COMOROS; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; COSTA RICA; CÔTE D'IVOIRE; CROATIA; CUBA; CYPRUS; TURKISH SECTOR; CZECH REPUBLIC; DENMARK; DJIBOUTI; DOMINICA; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ; ECUADOR; EGYPT; EL SALVADOR; EQUATORIAL GUINEA; ERITREA; ESTONIA; ETHIOPIA; FIJI; FINLAND; FRANCE; GABON; GAMBIA; GEORGIA; GERMANY; GHANA; GREECE; GRENADA; GUATEMALA; GUINEA; GUINEA-BISSAU; GUYANA; HAITI; HONDURAS; HUNGARY; ICELAND; INDIA; INDONESIA; IRAN; IRAQ; IRELAND; ISRAEL; ITALY; JAMAICA; JAPAN; JORDAN; KAZAKHSTAN; KENYA; KIRIBATI; KOREA; DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA

REPUBLIC OF KOREAKOSOVO; KUWAIT; KYRGYZSTAN; LAOS; LATVIA; LEBANON; LESOTHO; LIBERIA; LIBYA; LIECHTENSTEIN; LITHUANIA; LUXEMBOURG; MACEDONIA; MADAGASCAR; MALAWI; MALAYSIA; MALDIVES; MALI; MALTA; MARSHALL ISLANDS; MAURITANIA; MAURITIUS; MEXICO; MICRONESIA, FEDERATED STATES OF; MOLDOVA; MONACO; MONGOLIA; MONTENEGRO; MOROCCO; MOZAMBIQUE; MYANMAR (BURMA); NAMIBIA; NAURU; NEPAL; NETHERLANDS; ARUBA; CURAÇAO; ST. MAARTEN ; NEW ZEALAND; NICARAGUA; NIGER; NIGERIA; NORWAY; OMAN; PAKISTAN; PALAU; PANAMA; PANAMA CANAL ZONE; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PARAGUAY; PERU; PHILIPPINES; POLAND; PORTUGAL; QATAR; ROMANIA

RUSSIARWANDA; ST. KITTS AND NEVIS ; ST. LUCIA; ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES; SAMOA; SAN MARINO ; SÃO TOMÉ AND PRINCIPE ; SAUDI ARABIA; SENEGAL; SERBIA; SEYCHELLES; SIERRA LEONE; SINGAPORE; SLOVAKIA; SLOVENIA; SOLOMON ISLANDS; SOMALIA; SOMALILAND; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTH SUDAN; SPAIN; SRI LANKA; SUDAN; SURINAME; SWAZILAND; SWEDEN; SWITZERLAND ; SYRIA; TAJIKISTAN; TANZANIA; THAILAND ; TIMOR-LESTE (EAST TIMOR); TOGO; TONGA; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; TUNISIA; TURKEY; TURKMENISTAN; TUVALU; UGANDA; UKRAINE; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED KINGDOM: NORTHERN IRELAND ; UNITED STATES; URUGUAY

UZBEKISTANVANUATU; VATICAN CITY STATE; VENEZUELA; VIETNAM; YEMEN; ZAMBIA; ZIMBABWE; PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY/PALESTINELIBERATION ORGANIZATION ; INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS; AFRICAN UNION (AU); ARAB LEAGUE; ASIA-PACIFIC ECONOMIC COOPERATION (APEC); ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATIONS (ASEAN); CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY AND COMMON MARKET (CARICOM) ; COMMON MARKET FOR EASTERN AND SOUTHERN AFRICA (COMESA) ; THE COMMONWEALTH; COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS) ; COUNCIL OF EUROPE; ECONOMIC COMMUNITY OF WEST AFRICAN STATES (ECOWAS) ; EUROPEAN FREE TRADE ASSOCIATION (EFTA); EUROPEAN UNION (EU)

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Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 1, 2015).

ISBN:

9781483371566

1483371565

9781483371559

1483371557

9781483371597

148337159X

9781483371580

1483371581

OCLC:

918558205