These guides give up-to-date information on all aspects of each country, including acronyms, political and legal institutions, cultural phenomena, social welfare programs, industrial concerns, media, literary and political personalities.

These guides give up-to-date information on all aspects of each country, including acronyms, political and legal institutions, cultural phenomena, social welfare programs, industrial concerns, media, literary and political personalities.

This dictionary is intended for readers of French who wish to have an explanation of the terms and acronyms they meet in the course of their study of the contemporary French press, where a bilingual dictionary does not provide an adequate reference. It is addressed to all students of French beyond elementary level, as well as those readers whose knowledge of the language is advanced but who are unfamiliar with some of the detail of the contemporary French situation.