Publisher's Synopsis
The purpose of this book is to provide a detailed statistical guide to the government and politics of the 24 OECD countries, together with social and economic background information. The aim is to present material of a factual nature in a form which meets the needs of professional politicians, administrators, journalists, teachers, political scientists and the interested citizen.;The resulting compilation may be used for casual reference or for more systematic comparisons of 24 of the more advanced political systems of the Western world.
