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 and territories throughout the world, this volume is renowned for its extensive coverage of all major and minor political parties and groups in each political system. It also provides names of key ambassadors and international memberships of each country, plus detailed profiles of more than 30 intergovernmental organizations and UN agencies. And this update will aim to include coverage of current events, issues, crises, and controversies from the course of the last two years.
Over de auteur
Tom Lansford is a professor of political science at the University of Southern Mississippi, Gulf Coast, and served as academic dean from 2009 to 2014. His research interests include foreign and security policy and the U.S. presidency. Dr. Lansford is the author or editor or coeditor of more than 50 books and the author of more than 100 essays, book chapters, encyclopedic entries, and reviews. His notable books include A Bitter Harvest: U.S. Foreign Policy and Afghanistan (2003), Historical Dictionary of U.S. Diplomacy since the Cold War (2007), and 9/11 and the Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq: A Chronology and Reference Guide (2011). His edited collections include America’s War on Terror (2003; second edition 2009), Judging Bush (2009), The Obama Presidency: A Preliminary Assessment (2012), A Transformation in American National Politics: The 2012 Presidential Election (2016), Leadership and Legacy: The Presidency of Barack Obama (2021). Dr. Lansford has served as the co-editor of the journal White House Studies since 2010 and the editor of Political Handbook of the World since 2012.