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01923cam a2200181 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
0933199120 (hbk.) |
| 100 #1 - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
BANKS Arthur S (ed.) |
| 245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Political handbook of the world: |
| Remainder of title |
1997: governments and intergovernmental organizations as of December 1, 1996 |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
Binghamton, N.Y.,USA: |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
CSA Publications, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
1997 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
1206p. |
| 520 #3 - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
COVERAGE AND ARRANGEMENT:Very detailed essays on the politics, government, and political parties of the world and on selective intergovernmental organizations. Comprises 2 main sections: Governments and Intergovernmental organizations. The Government entries are arranged alphabetically under country name and detail, as applicable, political status, area, major urban centers, official languages, monetary unit, head of State, brief physical geographical features and social background, political history, Constitution and government, foreign relations, political parties and groups, legislature, Cabinet - with names of Ministers of State, news media and intergovernmental representation. The intergovernmental organizations entries include e.g. ASEAN, NATO and the United Nations and detail: date of establishment, purpose, headquarters, principal organs, name of chief executive, memebership, official language, origin and development, structure, and activities.Appendices include: a chronology of major international events, 1945-1996; a chronology of major international conferences sponsored by the UN, 1946-1996; membership of the United Nations and its specialized and related agencies; and International Party organizations. The index is divided into 2 parts: Part One indexes geographical and organizational names; Part Two indexes personal names. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
DIRECTORIES |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS |
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POLITICAL PARTIES |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
DAY Alan J (ed.) |
| 945 ## - LOCAL PROCESSING INFORMATION (OCLC) |
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