Guyana Study & Guide - AllRefer - Guyana Information

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