Politics Research Guide

Five-colume set (2010) was prepared with the assistance of the American Political Science Association. It contains about 1,500 alphabetically-arranged, signed entries (including one contributed by Washington and Lee Professor Mark Rush) on "political theories, concepts, research frameworks, and political practices from across the world."

Three-volume set (2010) "examines the ideas of the major political theorists from before Plato to our own times; the main schools of political thought; the concepts and issues that have captured the imagination and attention of political theorists; and some of the main institutions and practices inspired by political thought."

Second edition (2012) "reviews the many historical, philosophical, analytical and normative roots to the discipline and the key contemporary topics of research and debate today." [ preview ]

Covers scholarship and fields that have emerged and matured since the publication of the original international edition. Highlights the expanding influence of economics in social science research and features new articles and biographies contributed by scholars from around the world on a wide array of global topics in the social sciences. Acquisition was made possible by the McCrum Palmer Book Fund.

The authors of this 2011 volume outline about 40 "central concepts and core theories" of international relations, relating them to contemporary issues and debates. [ preview ]

2012 two-volume set contains about 300 signed essays which focus on the "major theories, concepts, and conclusions that define the field, analyzing the similarities and differences between political units..." [ preview ]

Available via W&L subscription to ProQuest Congressional, this commercial service is, by far, the most complete collection of CRS Reports, providing tens of thousands of reports dating back to 1917.

2012 collection of more than 30 signed essays constitutes a "rigorous overview of the state of the field and a thoughtful guide to the direction of future scholarship." [ preview ]

2010 volume contains 28 commissioned scholarly essays, presenting an "authoritative overview of the theoretical, methodological, and substantive elements of comparative political science. [ preview ]