Uzbekistan gained independence at the end of 1991 with the breakup of the Soviet Union. The landlocked country is a potential Central Asian regiona...

Vagabonding Through Changing Germany is an account of the author’s travels in Germany in 1919, a few months after World War I. The author highlight...

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...

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...