Guyana - A Country Study

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Index Page

  • Introduction
  • Guyana: COUNTRY PROFILE
  • GEOGRAPHY
  • SOCIETY
  • ECONOMY
  • TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS
  • GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
  • NATIONAL SECURITY
  • Chapter 1. Guyana: Historical Setting
  • THE EARLY YEARS
  • THE COMING OF THE EUROPEANS
  • TRANSITION TO BRITISH RULE
  • THE EARLY BRITISH COLONY AND THE LABOR PROBLEM
  • ORIGINS OF THE BORDER DISPUTE WITH VENEZUELA
  • POLITICAL AND SOCIAL AWAKENINGS
  • Political and Social Changes in the 1900s
  • The Development of Political Parties
  • PREINDEPENDENCE GOVERNMENT, 1953-66
  • The Interim Government, 1953-57
  • The Second PPP Government, 1957-61, and Racial Politics
  • PPP Reelection and Debacle
  • INDEPENDENCE AND THE BURNHAM ERA
  • The Cooperative Republic
  • From Burnham to Hoyte
  • Chapter 2. Guyana: The Society and Its Environment
  • GEOGRAPHY
  • Hydrology
  • Climate
  • POPULATION
  • Ethnic Composition
  • Population Distribution and Settlement Patterns
  • Urban Population
  • Emigration
  • ETHNIC GROUPS
  • Afro-Guyanese
  • Indo-Guyanese
  • Portuguese and Chinese
  • Amerindians
  • Development of Ethnic Identity
  • Ideologies of Race and Class
  • FAMILY AND KINSHIP STRUCTURE
  • Indo-Guyanese Patterns
  • RELIGION
  • Christianity
  • Hinduism
  • Islam
  • Obeah and Amerindian Practices
  • Cults
  • Religion and Politics
  • EDUCATION
  • Education Policy and the Teaching Profession
  • Primary Schools
  • Secondary Schools
  • Institutions of Higher Education
  • Attitudes toward Education
  • HEALTH AND WELFARE
  • Health
  • Health and Welfare Services
  • Chapter 3. Guyana: The Economy
  • GROWTH AND STRUCTURE OF THE ECONOMY
  • Preindependence
  • Postindependence
  • Structure
  • Parallel Economy
  • Infrastructure
  • GOVERNMENT POLICY
  • The Economic Recovery Program
  • Absorbing the Parallel Market
  • Eliminating Payments Imbalances
  • Normalizing International Financial Relations
  • Results of the Economic Recovery Program
  • LABOR
  • AGRICULTURE
  • Sugar
  • Rice
  • Forestry
  • Fisheries
  • Livestock
  • Aluminum
  • Gold and Diamonds
  • INDUSTRY
  • Manufacturing
  • SERVICES
  • Transportation
  • Communications
  • EXTERNAL ECONOMIC RELATIONS
  • Exports
  • Imports
  • Foreign Debt
  • Balance of Payments
  • Foreign Investment
  • Foreign Aid
  • Regional Integration
  • Chapter 4. Guyana: Government and Politics
  • CONSTITUTIONAL BACKGROUND
  • Independence Constitution
  • Constitution of 1980
  • GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS
  • Legislature
  • Judiciary
  • Other National Institutions
  • Local Government
  • Civil Service
  • Electoral Process
  • Political Parties
  • People's Progressive Party
  • Other Political Groups
  • Interest Groups
  • Media
  • Religious Organizations
  • Other Groups
  • FOREIGN RELATIONS
  • Relations with the United States
  • Relations with Venezuela
  • Relations with Brazil
  • Relations with Suriname
  • Relations with Britain
  • Relations with Communist Countries
  • Chapter 5. Guyana: National Security
  • THE ARMED FORCES
  • Mission, Organization, and Capabilities
  • Involvement in Political Affairs
  • THE SECURITY FORCES
  • Paramilitary Forces and Special Units
  • Police
  • Human Rights Violations
  • THE COURTS AND THE PENAL SYSTEM
  • BORDER DISPUTES
  • Guyana-Suriname Dispute

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