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Published by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) for U.S. policymakers, the Factbook includes profiles of each country with data about all aspects of life; includes photographs and maps.
The award-winning 2nd edition includes over 1,900 articles written by leading figures in the field including Nobel prize winners. A definitive scholarly reference work.
Articles cover a wide array of global topics, including: achievement testing, censorship, personality measurement, aging, income distribution, foreign aid (political and economic aspects), food (world problems, consumption patterns), cultural adaptation, comparative health-care systems, terrorism, political correctness, agricultural innovation, legislation of morality, sexual violence and exploitation, white collar crime.
NOTE: Oberlin has economics and politics content only. An Oxford Handbook advances an original conception of the field through a definitive collection of essays, each of which provides a survey of the current state of scholarly debate and an original argument about the future direction of research.