Reference Resources

Dictionary of Politics and Government by P. H. Collin

The Essentials of Global Politics by Richard Langhorne

The Oxford Handbook of Political Science by Robert E. Goodin Drawing on the rich resources of the ten-volume series of The Oxford Handbooks of Political Science, this one-volume distillation provides a comprehensive overview of all the main branches of contemporary political science: political theory; political institutions; political behavior;comparative politics; international relations; political economy; law and politics; public policy; contextual political analysis; and political methodology. Seventy-one of the top political scientists worldwide survey recent developments in those fields and provide penetrating introductions toexciting new fields of study. Following in the footsteps of the New Handbook of Political Science edited by Robert Goodin and Hans-Dieter Klingemann a decade before, this Oxford Handbook will become an indispensable guide to the scope and methods of political science as a whole. It will serve asthe reference book of record for political scientists and for those following their work for years to come.

The Oxford Handbook of Political Theory by John S. Dryzek, Bonnie Honig, Anne Phillips

The SAGE Handbook of Political Science by Dirk Berg-Schlosser (Editor); Bertrand Badie (Editor); Leonardo A. Morlino (Editor)

World Politics Since 1945 by Peter Calvocoressi

Writing in Political Science by Diane E. Schmidt This easy-to-use guide shows readers how to think, research, and write like a political scientist and includes new coverage of current practices in using electronic databases and Internet sources.Political Inquiry; Critical Thinking About Politics; Choosing a Topic; Research Using the Internet and Traditional Sources; Properties of Essays; Common Problems With Writing; Format for the Manuscript; Comprehension and Synthesis of Class Materials; Managing and Processing Information; Conventional Research Papers; Special Analytical Techniques; Applied Political Science; Organizing and Documenting Research; Organizing and Documenting Career Development. Anyone who need to write about politics as part of their career or education.