Kategoria BISAC: Political Science >> Reference

An invaluable dictionary, providing an essential guide to the economics and politics of this immense and important region. It contains over 1,000 entries covering the countries, the region's ethnic groups, political parties, prime ministers, presidents, business organizations, geographical features, religions and border disputes.

Key Features:

• entries on Chechnya, Poland, Uniate Church, Gennadii Zyuganov and the Hungarian Democratic Forum
• covers twenty-two countries in Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe, trans-Caucasus and the Russian Federation
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This new title presents key information on the oil industry world-wide, and will be of interest to anyone involved in or studying the politics of oil production, processing and selling.

Oil has long been at the forefront of political agendas, and with increased tensions in the Middle East, there has never been a greater need for up-to-date, reliable information on this key industry.

Includes:

* essays covering the main themes

* an A-Z glossary listing important terms

* detailed maps

* a statistics section.

This new collection includes essays covering specific themes in the field of migration and geographic overviews, written by a variety of academics and experts. It also contains key maps and a glossary covering up-to-date issues in the field of migration, including theories, issues, countries, national and international organizations and personalities.

China is entering a new era at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Economically, she has been able to come out of the Asian financial crisis of 1997-1998 seemingly unscathed. Internationally, she was finally paying more attention to her relations with the outside world. For instance, she has succeeded in mending fences with the United States after the Yugoslavia embassy bombing crisis by signing a bilateral trade agreement as a first step towards entering the World Trade Organization. Domestically, China is still trying to restructure its economic and social institutions,...