How governments work
Subtitle: the inside guide to the politics of the world
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley
Published: 2006
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9781405314534
Subjects: Political science
Other titles: Book of rule
Description: This book covers every government, every system, every country and is the essential guide to the way the world is run in the 21st century. It takes you inside the halls of power and shows how the world's nations are governed: leaders, oppositions, alliances, chambers, the courts, trade agreements. It also gives key information on worldwide networks of power, international law, world organizations and the big issues facing us today: security, economic globalisation and much, much more.
Notes: Originally published: as The book of rule. 2004.

Includes index.
Table of contents: title: The Global Matrix; title: The systems rule; title: Monarchal rule; title: Military rule; title: Democratic rule; title: single Party rule; title: Transitional rule; title: Theocratic rule.