For the last 138 years, The Statesman's Yearbook has been relied upon to provide accurate and comprehensive information on the current political, economic and social status of every country in the world. The appointment of the new editor - only the seventh in 138 years - brought enhancements to the 1998-99 edition and these have been continued since then. Internet usage figures are included. Specially commissioned essays from major political and academic figures supplement country entries in areas of major upheaval and change. A fold out colour section provides a political world map and flags for the 191 countries of the world. The task of monitoring the pattern or flow of world change is never-ending. However, the annual publication of The Statesman's Yearbook gives all the information needed in one easily digestible single volume. It will save hours of research and cross-referencing between different sources. A prestigious and popular book, The Statesman's Yearbook is updated every 12 months. In a world of continual change The Statesman's Yearbook is a necessary annual purchase.

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'You need more than one of everything because no information is value-free - except perhaps in Macmillan's annual The Statesman's Yearbook...a masterpiece of pure quantification.' - Daily Telegraph (Victoria Glendinning's choice of Top Reference Book)

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About the authors

BARRY TURNER is the seventh editor in the 138-year history of The Statesman's Yearbook. He has a PhD in Political History and has been a full-time writer for 25 years. He has worked as a journalist and broadcaster in the field of politics, biography, travel and education, and is the author of over 20 books including the best-selling A Place in the Country, which became a television series, ...And the Policeman Smiled, the story of ten thousand refugee children who escaped to Britain just before the war, and (co-authored) When Daddy Came Home - How Family Life Changed Forever in 1945. He is a regular contributor to The Times as a book reviewer and serialiser, and edits both the annual Writer's Handbook and SYB Factbooks.

Bibliographic Information

Book Title: The Statesman's Yearbook 2002
Book Subtitle: The Politics, Cultures and Economies of the World
Editors: Barry Turner
Series Title: The Statesman's Yearbook
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230271302
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Political & Intern. Studies Collection, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2001
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-27130-2Published: 29 December 2016
Series ISSN: 0081-4601
Series E-ISSN: 2524-812X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: 2096
Topics: Political Science, World History, Global and Transnational History, Economics, general, International Business, World Regional Geography (Continents, Countries, Regions), Economic Geography

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International Organizations

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Coming of Age

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