DESCRIPTION PAIS International, from Public Affairs Information Service, is an important index to political, economic, and social issues in current debate throughout the world. The database covers the public and social policy literature of business, economics, finance, law, international relations, public administration, government, political science, and other social sciences -- with emphasis on issues that are or might become the subjects of legislation. Subject coverage includes: Current Events; Economics; Foreign Affairs; Government Regulations; Political Science; Politics; Public Administration; Public Affairs; Social Issues; Social Sciences
Source: | Public Affairs Information Service, Inc. | Print Equivalent: | PAIS Bulletin. 1915-1990. H50 .P97 PAIS international in print. 1991- . H 50.P973
| Years of Coverage: | 1972- | Frequency of Update: | Quarterly | Number & Type of Materials Covered: | journal articles (from over 1,000 journals), books, statistical yearbooks, directories, conference proceedings, research reports and government documents from 60 countries | List of Journals Indexed: | http://www.pais.org/journals.htm | Languages Covered: | English, German, French, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese. All subject headings and abstracts are written in English. | Number of Records: | 440,000+ | Records Added Annually: | 14,000+ |
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Sample Record: AN: 1999-0809450 TI: Looking at peace through women's eyes: gender-based discrimination in the Salvadoran peace process. AU: Naeslund,-Emma SO: Journal-of-Public-and-International-Affairs-(Princeton); 10:16-32 Spring 1999 UR: Publisher: World Wide Web: URL:http://www.wws.princeton.edu/~jpia [cited 26 August 1999]. Publisher: E-mail: jpia@princeton.edu [cited 26 August 1999]. PY: 1999 AB: Examines failure of the 1992 peace accords, which ended the 12-year civil war between the government and the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN), to adequately address gender relations, and barred women from full participation in the peace process and postwar reconstruction; recommendations. Investigates whether the accords violate international legal norms for discrimination. DE: Peace-El-Salvador; El-Salvador-Social-conditions; Gender-relations-El-Salvador; Discrimination-against-women-El-Salvador; Farabundo-Marti-National-Liberation-Front-El-Salvador; El-Salvador-Government-and-politics-Citizen-participation; Women-Legal-status,-laws,-etc.; El-Salvador-Reconstruction LA: E; English IS: 1070-521X SF: bibl(s) PT: P; Periodical |
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