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This guide highlights Credo content related to political science. Credo provides access to a collection of reference books including encyclopedias and dictionaries. Visit each tab to find Credo Topic Pages and additional content around a particular subject area.

General Political Science titles

Palgrave Macmillan Dictionary of Political Thought by Roger Scruton
Covers every aspect of political thought, defining concepts and ideologies, surveying the arguments on issues, giving capsule histories of political institutions, and summarizing the thought of major political theorists.
Big Ideas Simply Explained: The Politics Book
From ancient and medieval philosophers such as Confucius and Thomas Aquinas, to revolutionary thought leaders such as Thomas Jefferson and Leon Trotsky, to the voices who have shaped modern politics today - Mao Zedong, Malcolm X, Che Guevara, and more - The Politics Book clearly and simply explains more than 100 groundbreaking ideas in the history of political thought.
Dictionary of Politics and Government
Terms covering world politics, international relations, local and national government and the European Union.
A Glossary of Political Theory by John Hoffman
Covers alphabetically both the major concepts in political theory and the key writers in the field. While ensuring accuracy and objectivity, the entries represent interpretations that are both challenging and interesting.
Political Philosophy A-Z by Jon Pike
A comprehensive, up to date and concise guide to one of the most important branches of philosophy.

U.S. Politics

Dictionary of American Government and Politics
This Dictionary offers a fresh, up-to-date look at US government and politics, explaining and where necessary demystifying the key terms used in discussion of the political system. Major figures, events, ideas, movements and Supreme Court cases relevant to a study of the American political system are included with the aim of allowing readers to develop a deeper knowledge and understanding of the area.
From Suffrage to the Senate: America's Political Women by Suzanne O'Dea
A comprehensive and valuable compendium of biographies of leading women in U.S. politics, past and present, and an examination of the wide range of women's movements.
Political Corruption in America: An Encyclopedia of Scandals, Power & Greed by Mark Grossman
Covers the complete scandal-filled history of American political corruption.
U.S. Census 2000 State & County Statistical QuickFacts
Contains a multitude of facts about people, business and geography. Gathered over a period of ten years and compiled by experts, the census is for the first time presented here as dynamic tables.

U.S. Foreign Policy

Africa and the Americas: Culture, Politics, and History by Richard M. Juang and Noelle Morrissette
This encyclopedia explores the many long-standing influences of Africa and people of African descent on the culture of the Americas, while tracing the many ways in which the Americas remain closely interconnected with Africa.
Britain and the Americas: Culture, Politics, and History by Will Kaufman and Heidi Slettedahl Macpherson
A comprehensive encyclopedia covering the close ties between Britain and the whole of the Americas, examining Britain's cultural and political legacy to the nations of the New World.
France and the Americas: Culture, Politics, and History by Bill Marshall
A unique, multidisciplinary encyclopedia covering the impacts that French and American politics, foreign policy, and culture have had on shaping each country's identity.
Germany and the Americas: Culture, Politics, and History by Thomas Adam
This comprehensive encyclopedia details the close ties between the German-speaking world and the Americas, examining the extensive Germanic cultural and political legacy in the nations of the New World and the equally substantial influence of the Americas on the Germanic nations.
Iberia and the Americas: Culture, Politics, and History by J. Michael Francis
This comprehensive encyclopedia covers the reciprocal effects that the politics, foreign policy, and culture of Spain, Portugal, and the American nations have had on one another since the time of Columbus.
Ireland and the Americas: Culture, Politics, and History by James Byrne, Philip Coleman, and Jason King
This work is a distinctive, multidisciplinary encyclopedia covering the cultural, political, economic, musical, and literary impact that Ireland and the nations of the Americas have had on one another since the time of Brendan the Navigator.

Topics in Political Science

A Dictionary of Diplomacy by G. R. Berridge and Alan James
Diplomacy has spawned its own specialized terminology, and it is this lexicon which provides this title's thematic spine. Includes entries on legal terms, political events, international organizations and major figures who have occupied the diplomatic scene or have written influentially about it over the last half millennium.
A Glossary of UK Government and Politics by Duncan Watts
A handy reference guide to the events, personnel, policies and institutions relevant to the government and politics of the United Kingdom.
Encyclopedia of Human Rights Issues since 1945 by Winston E. Langley
This outstanding, comprehensive, and up-to-date encyclopedia on human rights issues from 1945 to 1998 features entries on incidents and violations, instruments and initiatives, countries and human rights activists.
Encyclopedia of Nationalism: Fundamental Themes by Alexander J. Motyl
Captures the aims and scope of nationalism. This volume covers fundamental themes.
Encyclopedia of Nationalism: Leaders, Movements, and Concepts by Alexander J. Motyl
Captures the aims and scope of nationalism. This volume covers leaders, movements, and concepts.
Greenwood Encyclopedia of International Relations by Cathal J. Nolan
Primarily focused on the rise of the Great Powers and the course of world civilizations, their formative wars and diplomatic, political and economic relations. But a serious effort is made to cover all of the smaller and less powerful regions and their local history, along with how progressive inclusion into the modern state system affected them.
Handbook of Global Environmental Politics by Peter Dauvergne
This landmark book maps the latest theoretical and empirical research in this energetic and growing field. Captured here are the pioneering and lively debates over concerns for the health of the planet and how they might best be addressed.
International Encyclopedia of Environmental Politics by John Barry and E. Gene Frankland
The essential reference source to enable all those with an interest in the politics of the environment to explore topics in international environmental politics.
Macquarie Dictionary of Australian Politics
A comprehensive, up-to-date guide to the apparatus of government in Australia, to Australian political institutions, parties, pressure groups, politicians, electorial systems, and to political theory as it has developed in Australia and affected the Australian system.
Poverty: An International Glossary by Paul Spicker, Sonia Alvarez Leguizamón, and David Gordon
Provides an exhaustive and authoritative guide to technical terms used in contemporary scholarly research on poverty.
Power and Succession in Arab Monarchies by Joseph Kéchichian
This exhaustive reference traces the rise of each ruling family, outlines key constitutional developments, provides details on current rulers and their approaches to succession, and discusses potential contenders to power.
Public Opinion and Polling Around the World: A Historical Encyclopedia by John G. Geer
Covering the intricate facets of America's most important democratic tradition, this book serves as an important resource to understand how citizens' views are translated into governmental action.
The Anti-Capitalist Dictionary by David E. Lowes
This dictionary is an alternative and a counter-balance to the many political dictionaries that ignore or marginalize the history and influence of anti-capitalist movements.
The Encyclopedia of Public Choice by Charles K. Rowley and Friedrich Schneider
Offers a detailed and comprehensive account of the subject that deals with the intersection of economics and political science.