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The Political Handbook of the World 2022-2023 provides timely, thorough, and accurate political information, with more in-depth coverage of current political controversies than any other reference guide. The updated 2022-2023 edition continues to be the most authoritative source for finding complete facts and analysis on each country¿s governmental and political makeup. Tom Lansford has compiled in one place more than 200 entries on countries ...

Several articles discuss issues surrounding democracy.

The Political Handbook of the World by Tom Lansford provides timely, thorough, and accurate political information, with more in-depth coverage of current political controversies than any other reference guide. The updated 2020-2021 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 ...

Editor Tom Lansford has compiled a compelling sequence of for-or-against essays that will give readers a balanced foundation on the presidential election process. Across four chapters, readers will explore whether the nomination process produces the best candidates, whether campaign spending should be limited, whether the media unfairly influence campaigns, and whether or not the electoral college should be abolished or reformed.

Can dictatorships be a good form of government? Are select dictatorships becoming democracies? Are select democracies becoming dictatorships? What does the future hold for Middle Eastern governments? These four queries are addressed across four chapters of pro versus con essays that debate each topic. The viewpoints are selected from a wide range of highly respected and often hard-to-find sources and publications. Readers are exposed to many s...

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This collection of international perspectives provides insights on the issue of immigration. Readers will evaluate immigration in relation to citizenship, economics, national identity, and national security. Readers evaluate citizenship in such places as India, Sweden, Russia, and Germany. They will evaluate immigration and economics in Ireland, China, Japan, and the United Kingdom. Further analysis takes them to Zimbabwe, Canada, Hungary, Mor...

This volume doesn't delve exclusively into the American view of Iraq, rather, it provides a variety of international perspectives surrounding the War in Iraq. Primary sources, including speeches and government documents, join essays from international magazines and news sources for a truly panoramic view. Four chapters cover the Iraq War in relation to international relations, the Arab-Israeli conflict, international terrorism, and democracy.

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The history of democracies has been marked by the struggle to expand voting rights. Many groups, including women, only gained the right to vote in the last century, and continue to be underrepresented in political office. Political Participation and Voting Rights, one of the titles in the Foundations of Democracy series, discusses how a government of the people requires its citizens to provide regular input on policies and decisions through co...

The maintenance of liberty and equality requires a legal system in which the police are constrained by the rule of law. Justice, Policing, and the Rule of Law, one of the titles in the Foundations of Democracy series, examines the need for security officials to understand and respect the rights of individuals and groups and to use their power in a manner that benefits communities, rather than repressing them.

Citizenship in a democracy is the formal recognition that a person is a member of the country's political community. Modern democracies have faced profound debates over immigration, especially how manypeople to admit to the country and what rights to confer on immigrants who are not citizens. Citizenship and Immigration, one of the titles in the Foundations of Democracy series, examines what it means to be a citizen in a democracy.

Corruption can undermine people's faith in government and erode equality. Transparency, or open government, provides the best means to prevent corruption by ensuring that the decisions and actions of officials are easily understood. Corruption and Transparency, one of the titles in the Foundations of Democracy series, examines one of the greatest dangers to democracy--corruption, and the importance of efforts to improve transparency in governm...

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Published since 1928, the Political Handbook of the World provides timely, thorough, and accurate political information with more in-depth coverage of current political controversies and political parties than any other reference guide. The updated 2016¿2017 Edition continues this legacy as the most authoritative source for finding complete facts and analysis on each country¿s governmental and political makeup. Political science and internatio...

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This text presents a historical overview of the causes and legacy of Afghanistan's internal conflict and explores the role and influence of the actors involved, including the various ethnic and religious groups and external powers such as the United States and the Soviet Union.

With more in-depth coverage of current political controversies than any other reference guide, Political Handbook of the World 2014 is the most authoritative source for finding complete facts and analysis on each country's governmental and political makeup. Featuring 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 ...

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