Political handbook of the world 2011
By: edited by Thomas C. Muller, William R. Overstreet, Judith F. Isacoff, Tom Lansford
Contributors: CQ Press
Publisher: Published for the Center for Comparative Political Research of the State University of New York at Binghamton and for the Council on Foreign Relations by McGraw-Hill Book Co.
Published: 2011
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1832
ISBN-13: 9781608717576; 9781608717675; 9781608717347
Subjects: World politics; Gazetteers; Political science; International agencies; Political parties; Handbooks, manuals
Description: There is no other resource that so clearly and concisely explains every key aspect of the national legislature. This classic, easy-to-use reference is thoroughly updated with new entries covering the dramatic congressional events of recent years. Each of the more than 250 entries, arranged in encyclopedic A-to-Z format, provides accessible insight into the key questions readers have about the U.S. Congress. This invaluable online edition helps make sense of the narrow power division between Republicans and Democrats, the methods members use to advance their agendas, the influence of lobby groups, the key role of committees and strong-willed leaders, and much more.

Lists heads of state and political leaders around the world.
Table of contents: title: Half Title Page; Full Title Page; Copyright Page; CONTENTS; 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; CHINA: TAIWAN; COLOMBIA; COMORO ISLANDS; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO.; title: COSTA RICACOTE D'IVOIRE; CROATIA; CUBA; CYPRUS; 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 KOREA; KOSOVO; KUWAIT; KYRGYZSTAN; LAOS; LATVIA; LEBANON.; title: LESOTHOLIBERIA; LIBYA; LIECHTENSTEIN; LITHUANIA; LUXEMBOURG; MACEDONIA; MADAGASCAR; MALAWI; MALAYSIA; MALDIVES; MALI; MALTA; MARSHALL ISLANDS; MAURITANIA; MAURITIUS; MEXICO; FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA; MOLDOVA; MONACO; MONGOLIA; MONTENEGRO; MOROCCO; MOZAMBIQUE; MYANMAR (BURMA); NAMIBIA; NAURU; NEPAL; NETHERLANDS; ARUBA; NETHERLANDS ANTILLES; CURACʹAO; ST. MAARTEN; NEW ZEALAND; NICARAGUA; NIGER; NIGERIA; NORWAY; OMAN; PAKISTAN; PALAU; PANAMA; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PARAGUAY; PERU; PHILIPPINES; POLAND; PORTUGAL; QATAR; ROMANIA; RUSSIA; RWANDA; ST. KITTS AND NEVIS; ST. LUCIA.; title: ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINESSAMOA; SAN MARINO; SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE; SAUDI ARABIA; SENEGAL; SERBIA; SEYCHELLES; SIERRA LEONE; SINGAPORE; SLOVAKIA; SLOVENIA; SOLOMON ISLANDS; SOMALIA; SOMALILAND; SOUTH AFRICA; 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; UZBEKISTAN; VANUATU; VATICAN CITY STATE; VENEZUELA; VIETNAM; YEMEN.; title: ZAMBIAZIMBABWE; PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY/PALESTINE LIBERATION 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); THE EUROPEAN UNION (EU); GROUP OF SEVEN/GROUP OF EIGHT; GROUP OF TWENTY.