Library: Political Science: Encyclopedias, Statistics & Think Tanks

Encyclopedias

Encyclopedias can provide definitions and brief historical context to topics in political science.

Encyclopedia of Human Rights by David P. Forsythe
ISBN: 9780195334029
The set will provide situation profiles and full coverage of the development of the movement, historical cases of abuse, the key figures, major organizations, and a range of other issues in economics, government, religion, and journalism that touch on human rights theory and practice.
Encyclopedia of Democracy by Seymour Martin Lipset (Editor)
ISBN: 0871876752
Publication Date: 1995-11-01
With over 400 articles written by more than 200 international scholars, readers gain access to all aspects of democracy from its earliest stirrings to such recent developments as the end of eastern European communism and South African apartheid.
Encyclopedia of International Peacekeeping Operations by Oliver Ramsbotham; Tom Woodhouse
ISBN: 0874368928
Publication Date: 1999-05-01
Encyclopedia of International Peacekeeping Operations analyzes the broad national, regional, cultural, and international contexts of peacekeeping.
Encyclopedia of New York
Call Number: Mortola Reference Desk F118 .E57 2000 v.1

Statistics & Data

Icon of bar chart in front of a line chart Statistics and data provide important evidence for political conversations. Government and organization sites are valuable resources for this information.

Brown University Political Science Guide: Statistics Resources
This Research Guide provides a list of national international statistics sources related to governmental and political topics.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations is a specialized agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger and improve nutrition and food security.
Pew Research Center
Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping the world. It conducts public opinion polling, demographic research, media content analysis and other empirical social science research.
Statistical Abstracts Series Archive
The U.S. Census Bureau terminated the collection of data for the Statistical Compendia program effective October 1, 2011. Statistical Abstract data present here ranges from our most recent edition to the historical abstracts compiled throughout the decades.
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis is your source of accurate and objective data about the nation's economy.
BEA's economists produce some of the world's most closely watched statistics, including U.S. gross domestic product, better known as GDP. We do state and local numbers, too, plus foreign trade and investment stats and industry data.
United States Census (data.census.gov)
The Census Bureau is the leading source of quality data about the nation's people and economy.
OpenSecrets
OpenSecrets is the nation's premier research and government transparency group tracking money in politics and its effect on elections and policy.

Think Tanks

NIRA World Directory of Think Tanks
"Since 1993, NIRA's Center for Policy Research has published NIRA's World Directory of Think Tanks (NWDTT), which provides a systematic introduction to the world's most prominent and innovative public policy research institutes, better known as think tanks."
WWW Virtual Library: Research Institutes
This WWW Virtual Library: International Affairs Resources is an Internet directory of over 2000 annotated links to high-quality English-language sources of information and analysis in many international and global studies topics.
University of North Florida Research Guide: Think Tanks
The UNF Library Research Guide provides a list of think tanks "that represent a broad spectrum of political thought in the United States."

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