Subject Guide
Catherine Morse
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Clark Library
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- Oxford Handbooks OnlineEach Handbook offers thorough introductions to topics and a critical survey of the current state of scholarship, creating an original conception of the field and setting the agenda for new research. Handbook articles review the key issues and cutting-edge debates, as well as providing arguments for how those debates might evolve.
Look for a book or chapter that's relevant to your research in the Oxford Handbooks Political Science Collection.
- Oxford Research Encylopedias. PoliticsSubstantive, peer-reviewed, and regularly updated articles that cover major topics, theories, and research questions in political science.
- The International Studies EncyclopediaThe International Studies Encyclopedia', published in association with the International Studies Association (ISA), is the most comprehensive reference work of its kind for the fields of international studies and international relations. It brings together specially commissioned, peer reviewed essays, written and edited by an international team of the world's best scholars and teachers
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The SAGE Handbook of Research Methods in Political Science and International Relations by ISBN: 9781526459930Publication Date: 2020-10-23
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