The term "government data" includes diverse categories of government information products, such as information published by government agencies for...

Long-term fiscal problems, which were exacerbated by the recession that ended in June 2009, resulted in widespread concern about the need to formul...

Openness is fundamental to representative government. The basic premise of transparency is that it increases the opportunity for responsive, respon...

Under the populist rule of President Hugo Chávez, first elected in 1998 and most recently re-elected to a six-year term in December 2006, Venezuela...

This book explores the current state of Venezuelan politics and relations with the United States. Under the populist rule of President Hugo Chávez,...

This book profiles Venezuela with a focus foreign relations and human rights issues. Under the rule of populist President Hugo Chavez, first electe...

While historically the United States has had close relations with Venezuela, a major oil supplier, friction in bilateral relations rose under the l...

The death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on March 5th 2013 after 14 years of populist rule, has implications not only for Venezuela’s politica...

This book provides current research on the social, economic and environmental issues in Venezuela. Chapter One reviews the patrimonial state under ...

Excessive consumption of calories, too much fat, and too little fibre in western regions such as Latin America have caused a range of twentieth-cen...

In July 2015, multilateral talks with Iran culminated in an agreement called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), through which Iran com...

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) provides a range of benefits and services to veterans and eligible dependents who meet certain criteria as ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has made limited progress toward addressing information technology (IT) system modernization challenges. Ch...

This book reviews the evolution of the modern vice presidency -- the historical events and developments that have contributed to the expansion of t...

In recent years, much has been written on how the moral meaning and significance of the Holocaust has been appropriated in popular and political di...

Vietnam remains a mystery to the American mind. A former enemy which somehow defeated the American war machine with few weapons or uniformed milita...

Vietnam is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the north-west, and ...

This book provides an overview and examination of the Vietnamese services sector. Vietnam is growing rapidly as it transitions from a state-planned...

A vigilante group is an armed private group that has taken the law into its own hands or that has the announced potential of doing so. There are qu...

This is a new edition of Edmund Burke's first work, originally issued anonymously in 1756 as a letter attributed to 'a late noble writer'. In 1757 ...

A recent series of terrorist attacks, the uncovering of a large terrorist network, and a string of continuing regional conflicts have raised an awa...

This book provides insightful recommendations for the Department of Defense against perpetrators of "targeted violence" -- those individuals who co...

Violence in Central America has reached crisis levels. Throughout Central America, Mexican drug trafficking organization, local drug traffickers, t...

Sadly, the threat of violent extremism in America is nothing new. Throughout our history, misguided groups, including international and domestic te...

Virtual currencies are financial innovations that pose emerging challenges to federal financial regulatory and law enforcement agencies in carrying...

A powerful way to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the United Nations Human Rights Declaration, this book reminds us of its impact and each of its...

This volume is the first to explore U.S. visor hats of the 1930s-1950s in detail. Fully illustrated in superb full-color photographs, the variety o...

Inaugurating the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, leaders from 20 cultures of North, Central, and South America, the Pacific...

The authority to regulate U.S. elections is shared by federal, state, and local officials. Congress has addressed major functional areas in the vot...

One of the hallmarks of American democracy is the right to vote. In fact, the freedom to vote is so ingrained in American culture that it is taken ...

One of the hallmarks of American democracy is the right to vote. In fact, the freedom to vote is so ingrained in American culture that it is taken ...

This book focuses on voting practices, election reform and local election officials who are critical to the administration of federal elections and...

This book provides details about new and exciting ways of administering elections so that each jurisdiction can chart the future of its own system ...

Millions turn out to vote in U.S. general elections, and there were reports of long wait times at some polling places on Election Day in 2012. The ...