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Over 32,000 psychologists representing 51 countries throughout the world except the United States. Is not restricted to only better known professionals; includes information on all psychologists who were reported by psychology societies in the various countries, UNESCO sources, institutions, or contact persons. Geographical arrangement by countries. Entries give personal, educational, and career information as well as special areas of interest. Includes a list of abbreviations. Introduction for each country (before biographical entries) contains information on development and current status of psychology in that country.
At the beginning of the twentieth century, Venezuela had one of the poorest economies in Latin America, but by 1970 it had become the richest country in the region and one of the twenty richest countries in the world, ahead of countries such as Greece, Israel, and Spain. Between 1978 and 2001, however, Venezuela’s economy went sharply in reverse, with non-oil GDP declining by almost 19 percent and oil GDP by an astonishing 65 percent. What accounts for this drastic turnabout? The editors of Venezuela Before Chávez, who each played a policymaking role in the country’s economy during the past two decades, have brought together a group of economists and political scientists to examine syst...