Resources available at the Western Washington University Library
Contents:
Almanacs & Yearbooks - Atlases - Bibliographies - Dictionaries - Encyclopedias
Handbooks - Article Databases - Periodicals - Web Sites
Demographics - Political Structures - Comparative Theory - Treaties & International Agreements
The Almanac of European Politics / Reference JN 94.A1.A46 1995 The Almanac of Transatlantic Politics / Reference JN 94.A11.C67 1991 The Almanac of Women and Minorities in World Politics / Reference HQ1236.M347 2000 Demographic Yearbook/ 1948 + / Reference HA 17.D45 Compiled and published by the United Nations. Direction of Trade Statistics Yearbook / Reference HG 3881.I635 The Europa World Year Book / Reference JN 1.E85 Includes a brief history, summarizes current events or conflicts, and provides demographic, economic, & political data for each country. Freedom in the World / Reference JC 571.G336 Government Finance Statistics Yearbook / Reference HJ 101.G68 The International Almanac of Electoral History/ Reference JF 1001.M17 International Information Directory / Reference JX 1905.5.C65 International Year Book and Statesmen's Who's Who / Reference JA 51.I57 A Political Chronology of Central, South and East Asia / Reference DS327.5 .P65 2001 A Political Chronology of Europe / Reference D11 .P73 2001 Social Indicators of Development / Reference HC 59.69.S63 Sources and Methods: Year-book of Labour Statistics / Reference HD 4826.S68a Statistical Yearbook: Annuaire Statistique / 1948 + / Reference HA 12.5.U63 Vital Signs: The Trends That Are Shaping Our Future / Reference HC 10.V53 Whitaker's Almanack / Reference AY 754.W5 World Development Report / Reference HG 3881.W634 online World Economic Outlook: a survey by the staff of the International Monetary Fund / Reference HC 10. W7979 World Military and Social Expenditures / Reference HJ 7469.S58 World Resources / Reference HC 10.W827 Worldmark Yearbook / Reference G1.W655 3 vols. Yearbook of International Organizations / Reference JX 1904.A42 Yearbook of the United Nations / Reference JX 1977.A37.Y4 Return to top Atlases
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An Atlas of World Political Flashpoints: A Sourcebook of Geopolitical Crisis / Reference G 1046.F1.A5 Atlas of the Third World / Oversize G1046.G1 K8 1983 Gaia, An Atlas of Planet Management/ Reference HC 79.E5.M94 Global Geopolitical Flashpoints: An Atlas of Conflict / Reference JC319.A52 2000 The New State of the World Atlas / Reference G 1021.K46 Third World Atlas / Reference G 1046.G1.C7 Bibliographies
The Bureaucratic State: An Annotated Bibliography / Reference JF 1351.M5 Europe Transformed: Documents on the End of the Cold War / D 849.F685 Human Rights in Theory and Practice: A Selected and Annotated Bibliography / Reference JC 571.W35 International Armed Conflict Since 1945: A Bibliographic Handbook on Wars and Military Interventions / Reference D 843.T53 International Bibliography of Political Science / JA 71.I56 International Organizations, 1918-1945: A Guide to Research and Research Materials / JX 1995.B34 Origins, Evolution, and Nature of the Cold War: An Annotated Bibliographic Guide / Reference E 183.8.S65.B53 Propaganda in Twentieth Century War and Politics: An Annotated Bibliography / Reference HM 263.C65 Return to top
African Political Dictionary / Reference DT 30.5.P47 The Arms Control, Disarmament, and Military Security Dictionary / JX 1974.E55 The Asian Political Dictionary / Reference DS 31.Z57 Dictionary of American Diplomatic History / Reference E 183.7.F5 Dictionary of Modern Political Ideologies / Reference JA 61.D53 Dictionary of Political Analysis / Reference JA 61.P57 Dictionary of the History of Ideas; Studies of Selected Pivotal Ideas / Reference CB 5.D52 5 vols. Dictionary of World Politics: a Reference Guide to Concepts, Ideas, and Institutions / Reference JA 61.E85 The European Political Dictionary / Reference JN 12.R65 The International Development Dictionary / Reference HF 1359.F79 The International Law Dictionary / Reference JX 1226.B57 The International Organizations and World Order Dictionary / Reference JX 1995.A4595 International Relations: a Political Dictionary / Reference JX 1226.P55 The Latin American Political Dictionary / Reference F 1406.R67 The Middle East Political Dictionary / Reference DS 61.Z58 One Europe, Many Nations: A Historical Dictionary of European National Groups / Reference D21.M55 2000 The Peace and Nuclear War Dictionary / Reference U 263.A434 The Soviet and East European Political Dictionary / Reference DJK 6.M33 1984
The Almanac of Women and Minorities in World Politics / Reference HQ1236.M347 2000 Area Handbook Series: Country Studies/ Reference / This series provides demographic, social, and political overviews for most countries. See online catalog for call numbers. Black Africa: A Comparative Handbook / Reference DT 352.8.M67 European Political Facts of the Twentieth Century / Reference JN12.C643 2001 Global Development: A Reference Handbook / Reference HC 59.7.S283 The Global Refugee Crisis: A Reference Handbook / Reference HV 640.L625 Global Warming: A Reference Handbook / Reference QC 981.8.G56.N48 The Handbook of Political Behavior / JA 74.5.H347 5 vols. Handbook of Political Science Research on Latin America: Trends from the 1960s to the 1990s / Reference JA 84.L3.H36 Handbook of Political Science Research on Sub-Saharan Africa: Trends from the 1960s to the 1990s/ Reference JA 84.A337.H36 Human Rights: A Reference Handbook / Reference K3240.4.W46 International Handbook on Gender Roles / HQ 1975.I58 International Handbook on Internal Migration / Reference HB 1952.I55 International Handbook on Juvenile Justice / Reference HV 9069.I665 International Handbook on Local Government Reorganization: Contemporary Developments / Reference JS 67.I57 International Handbook on Race and Race Relations / HT 1521.I485 A New Handbook of Political Science / Reference JA 66.N49 Political Handbook of the World / 1929 + / Reference JF 37.P6 The Political Role of the Military: An International Handbook / Reference JF 195.C5.P67 Public Administration in the Third World: An International Handbook / Reference JF 60.P86 The Third World Handbook / Reference D 883.A76 Women in the Third World: A Reference Handbook / Reference HQ 1870.9.K58 World Hunger: A Reference Handbook / Reference HD 9000.5.K883
Alternative Press Index 1991 - Web database / 1969- Ref. AI3.A27 America: History & Life / Web database Biography & Genealogy Master Index / Web database Contemporary Women's Issues / Web database DOCBASE / Government Documents (Haggard 2 ) contains many databases produced by the federal government EconLit/ Web database Environmental Universe (includes Environment Abstracts) / Web database Ethnic NewsWatch / Web database Foreign Broadcast Information Service / DOCBASE / CD-ROM / Government Documents (Haggard 2 ) Geographical Abstracts / Periodicals Wilson 1 East G F 1.G47 Global Newsbank / Web database Historical Abstracts / Web database International Political Science Abstracts / Periodicals Wilson 5 East 1955 - 1988 JSTOR / Web database PAIS International( Public Affairs Information Service) / Web database Peace Research Abstracts Journal / JX1901 .P38 (shelved with books on Wilson 4 East) Population Index/ Web / 1937 + /also in Wilson 1 East Periodicals HB848 .P8 Sociological Abstracts / Web database Speech Index / Reference AI 3.S85
Comparative Political Studies / JA3 .C65 Foreign Affairs / D410 .F6 Indicators of East-West Economic Strength: United States Department of State, Bureau of Public Affairs / Documents S 1.129: / annual International Economic Scoreboard. Long-term Outlook / HC10 .I5853 International Affairs (London) / JX1 .I52 International Affairs (Moscow) / D839 .I465 International Organization / JX1901 .I55 / Online backfile International Studies Quarterly: A Publication of the International Studies Association / D839 .B2 The Journal of Conflict Resolution / JX1901 .J6 Keesing's Record of World Events / Reference D 410.K4 Mershon International Studies Review / D839 .M435 Peace News for Nonviolent Revolution / JX1901 .P361 Review of Politics / JA1 .R4 UN Chronicle / JX1977.A1 U564 United Nations World / 1947 -1953 / JX1901 .U54 / / This title has many name variations throughout the years - Merged with: Asia and the Americas, and Inter American, to form: United Nations World - - follow the con't by and continues titles for earlier & more recent locations. World Affairs / JX1901 .W7
This list is by no means comprehensive, there are many additional quality sites on the web. The most comprehensive "directory" with links to web sites in the political sciences is produced by Larry Romans, Vanderbilt University, noted below.
Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments CIA World Factbook Country Studies / Area Handbook / Library of Congress, sponsored by the Department of the Army Embassies - contacts for embassies around the globe. Development Data / World Bank The Foreign Affairs Guide to International Affairs on the Internet Foreign Relations of the United States (State Department) 1863-1958 The FRUS contains the official correspondence between the State Department and its embassies and other governments. We also have the set in paper from 1933-1976, call number JX233.A3 Global Social Change Research Project A web site of: The Global Social Change Research Project International Broadcasting Bureau International Information Systems Political Parties, Interest Groups, and Other Social Movements Political Resources on the Web Resources for Political Science/ Vanderbilt University / Larry Romans / a very comprehensive directory of political science web sites arranged by topic Rulers - This site contains lists of heads of state and heads of government of all countries going back as least to 1900. This site also contains a chronicle of "relevant" events since 1996 by month. Worldwide Directory of Political Parties
Demographic and Statistical Overviews Country Reports on Economic Policy and Trade Practices / (Haggard 2 ) Documents Y 4.F 76/2:S.PRT Gale Country & World Rankings Reporter / Reference HA 154.G35 The Illustrated book of World Rankings / Reference HA155 .K87 2001 Indicators of East-West Economic Strength: United States Department of State, Bureau of Public Affairs/ (Haggard 2 ) Documents S 1.129: / annual International Economic Scoreboard. Long-term outlook / 1995 + / Periodical Measuring the Quality of Life Across Countries: A Multidimensional Analysis / HN 25.M4 Sources of Comparative International Statistics (Stanford website listing of primarily paper format statistical reports. Check by title in the WWU Online Catalog.) State of the World's Children / Reference HQ 7792.2.S73 Statistical Abstract of the World / Reference HA 154.S68 Statistical Record of Women Worldwide / Reference HQ 1150.S73 The World Guide / Guia del mundo. English / Reference HC 59.69.G843 World Quality of Life Indicators / Reference HN 25.W67 Political Structures Comparative Political Systems: Policy Performance and Social Change / JF 51.A64 Comparing Federal Systems in the 1990s / JC 355.W373 Contemporary Political Systems: Classifications and Typologies / JF 51.C628 Courts, Law, and Politics in Comparative Perspective / K 2100.C68 Dismantling the Welfare State: Reagan, Thatcher, and the Politics of Retrenchment/ HN 59.2.P52 Electoral Systems and Party Systems: A Study of Twenty-Seven Democracies, 1945 - 1990 / JF 1001.L54 Environmental Policies in the Third World: A Comparative Analysis / Reference HC 59.72.E5.E623 First World Interest Groups / JF 529.F57 The History of Government From the Earliest Times / Reference JF51.F6 1997 3 vols. How Political Parties Work: Perspectives From Within / JF 2011.H68 Index to International Public Opinion / 1979 + / Reference HN 261.I552 Internationalization and Domestic Politics / HF 1359.I5877 Manufacturing Consent: the Political Economy of the Mass Media / P 95.82.U6.H47 Parliaments in the Modern World: Changing Institutions / JF 501.P357 Political Institutions in Europe / JN 94.A58.P65 Political Leadership in Democratic Societies / JC 421.P66 Political Parties and Political Systems / JF 2011.W37 The Politics of Difference: Ethnic Premises in a World of Power/ GN 496.P65 Power and Service: A Cross-National Analysis of Public Administration/ JF 1411.W49 Social Revolutions in the Modern World / HN 16.S54 State Power and Social Forces: Domination and Transformation in the Third World / JF 60.S73 Uncertain Boundaries: The Social and Political Construction of European Economies / HC 240.R334 Women and Politics in the Third World / HQ 1236.5.D44.W665 Women and Politics Worldwide / Reference HQ 1236.W6363 World Encyclopedia of Parliaments and Legislatures / Reference JF511 .W67 1998 World Encyclopedia of Political Systems and Parties / Reference JF 2011.W67 Return to top
Political Structures Comparative Political Systems: Policy Performance and Social Change / JF 51.A64 Comparing Federal Systems in the 1990s / JC 355.W373 Contemporary Political Systems: Classifications and Typologies / JF 51.C628 Courts, Law, and Politics in Comparative Perspective / K 2100.C68 Dismantling the Welfare State: Reagan, Thatcher, and the Politics of Retrenchment/ HN 59.2.P52 Electoral Systems and Party Systems: A Study of Twenty-Seven Democracies, 1945 - 1990 / JF 1001.L54 Environmental Policies in the Third World: A Comparative Analysis / Reference HC 59.72.E5.E623 First World Interest Groups / JF 529.F57 The History of Government From the Earliest Times / Reference JF51.F6 1997 3 vols. How Political Parties Work: Perspectives From Within / JF 2011.H68 Index to International Public Opinion / 1979 + / Reference HN 261.I552 Internationalization and Domestic Politics / HF 1359.I5877 Manufacturing Consent: the Political Economy of the Mass Media / P 95.82.U6.H47 Parliaments in the Modern World: Changing Institutions / JF 501.P357 Political Institutions in Europe / JN 94.A58.P65 Political Leadership in Democratic Societies / JC 421.P66 Political Parties and Political Systems / JF 2011.W37 The Politics of Difference: Ethnic Premises in a World of Power/ GN 496.P65 Power and Service: A Cross-National Analysis of Public Administration/ JF 1411.W49 Social Revolutions in the Modern World / HN 16.S54 State Power and Social Forces: Domination and Transformation in the Third World / JF 60.S73 Uncertain Boundaries: The Social and Political Construction of European Economies / HC 240.R334 Women and Politics in the Third World / HQ 1236.5.D44.W665 Women and Politics Worldwide / Reference HQ 1236.W6363 World Encyclopedia of Parliaments and Legislatures / Reference JF511 .W67 1998 World Encyclopedia of Political Systems and Parties / Reference JF 2011.W67
Comparative Theory Agrarian Structure & Political Power: Landlord & Peasant in the Making of Latin America / HD 1331.L29.A39 Arguing Comparative Politics / JF51 .S67 2001 Birth of the Leviathan: Building States and Regimes In Medieval and Early Modern Europe / JN 5.E77 The Cold War / Reference D843.C57724 2001 A Companion to Contemporary Political Philosophy / Reference JA 71.C565 Comparative Constitutional Engineering: An Inquiry Into Structures, Incentives, and Outcomes / JF 51.S29 The Comparative Political Economy of the Welfare State/ HB 846.J36 The Concepts of Comparative Politics / JF 51.N44 Conflict and Harmony in Multi-ethnic Societies: An International Perspective / JC 330.2.M67 Constitutions and Political Theory / JF 51.L355 Corporatism and Comparative Politics: The Other Great "Ism" / JC 478.W53 Third World and Post Colonial Issues / HC 59.7.T45 Treaties and International Agreements Constitutions, Treaties, and Declarations The History of Treaties and International Politics: An Introduction to the History of Treaties and International Politics: The Documentary and Memoir Sources / D 217.T613 International Legal Materials / JX68 .I5 Major Peace Treaties of Modern History, 1648 - 1967/ JX 121.I8 4 vols. The New Sovereignty: Compliance With International Regulatory Agreements/ JX 4165.C43 Treaties and International Agreements (online full-text): a GSSI Research Guide (UC Berkeley) Treaty Series (Organization of American States)/ Documents OAS 341.1: 8605 E 1979- Uncertain Boundaries: The Social and Political Construction of European Economies/ HC 240.R334 The United Nations and the Advancement of Women, 1945 - 1996 / Reference HQ 1236.U5 United States Treaties and Other International Agreements / JX 231.A34 United States Treaties and Other International Agreements Cumulative Index 1776-1949: cumulative index to United States Treaties and other International Agreements 1776-1949 as published in Statutes at Large, Malloy, Miller, Bevans, and other relevant sources / JX 231.K4 4 vols. UST Cumulative Index 1950-1970; Cumulative Index to United States Treaties and Other International Agreements 1950-1970/ JX231.K42
Treaties and International Agreements Constitutions, Treaties, and Declarations The History of Treaties and International Politics: An Introduction to the History of Treaties and International Politics: The Documentary and Memoir Sources / D 217.T613 International Legal Materials / JX68 .I5 Major Peace Treaties of Modern History, 1648 - 1967/ JX 121.I8 4 vols. The New Sovereignty: Compliance With International Regulatory Agreements/ JX 4165.C43 Treaties and International Agreements (online full-text): a GSSI Research Guide (UC Berkeley) Treaty Series (Organization of American States)/ Documents OAS 341.1: 8605 E 1979- Uncertain Boundaries: The Social and Political Construction of European Economies/ HC 240.R334 The United Nations and the Advancement of Women, 1945 - 1996 / Reference HQ 1236.U5 United States Treaties and Other International Agreements / JX 231.A34 United States Treaties and Other International Agreements Cumulative Index 1776-1949: cumulative index to United States Treaties and other International Agreements 1776-1949 as published in Statutes at Large, Malloy, Miller, Bevans, and other relevant sources / JX 231.K4 4 vols. UST Cumulative Index 1950-1970; Cumulative Index to United States Treaties and Other International Agreements 1950-1970/ JX231.K42
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