13th Edition
2011
wEstern Europe Key Features
• 2011 edition of this highly anticipated one-volume guide to Western Europe, accurately recording latest political and economic developments in all countries, from Austria to the Vatican • provides comprehensive data on all major organizations in the region, as well as offering topical contributions from over forty acknowledged experts • readers will benefit from a wide selection of recently commissioned opinion and analytical essays, including Europe and Migration: Transforming Policies and Politics and Europe’s Defences: New Horizons and Old Challenges.
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Authoritative and Fully Revised Country Surveys Western Europe 2011 boasts extensive individual chapters for each country and territory, including dependencies such as Gibraltar, incorporating: • a complete description of physical and social geography • a selection of analytical essays on the economic and historical landscape of each country • extensive and meticulously researched surveys of the latest available statistics on area and population, agriculture, the media, trade and industry and much more • a comprehensive directory of names, addresses and contact details covering key areas such as national and local government, education, finance, tourism etc. November 2010 | 279x211 | 928pp | Hb: 978-1-85743-573-3 | £465.00
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• Readers of Western Europe 2011 will benefit from a newly commissioned essay by Dr. H.A. Hellyer of the Centre for Research in Ethnic Relations at the University of Warwick. The essay will look in detail at the complex relationship between Western Europe and Islam, a topic high on the current political agenda considering France’s ban on the burka. • This title will also feature coverage of the elections in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Belgium, which took place in May and June 2010, as well as the elections in Sweden.
2011
13th Edition
wEstern Europe Did you know...
… that from 1795 through 1813 the Netherlands came under French control, centralizing administration, and from 1806 constituted the country as a monarchy? … that France is the largest beneficiary under the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and the world’s second largest food exporter?
… that the number of tourists visiting Iceland rose by 250% between 1999 and 2009, with 485,000 tourists visiting the country in 2007? These facts and more are all included in Western Europe 2011, where you can benefit from unrivalled depth of coverage and accuracy of information. No other one-volume publication provides such detailed scope.
Additional Content
• a selection of useful physical and human geography maps • contact names, numbers and other detailed information on organizations and research institutes active in the region • select bibliographies of books and periodicals.
Education Stats for Portugal (public and private, 2007/08, unless otherwise indicated) Institutions Teachers Students Pre-school . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,847. . . . . . . . 17,682 . . . . . 266,158 Basic: 1st cycle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,297 . . . . . . . 35,228 . . . . . 498,592 Basic: 2nd cycle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,161 . . . . . . . 34,057 . . . . . 263,324 Basic: 3rd cycle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,537 . . . . . . . 88,952 . . . . . 425,268 Secondary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 954. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349,477 Higher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301 . . . . . . . 35,380 . . . . . 373,002
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