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General dictionaries and encyclopedias of Political Science

Many printed reference dictionaries and encyclopedias of politics (and the social sciences in general) can be found in the Arts and Social Sciences Library. They can be used to get a good overview of the subject, or to research specific aspects of it.

Some of the best ones are:

• A dictionary of modern politics / David Robertson (JA61 ROB)
• Blackwell dictionary of political science / Frank Bealey (JA61 BEA)
• Routledge encyclopedia of international political economy /edited by R.J. Barry Jones (HF1359 ROU)
• The concise Oxford dictionary of politics (JA61 CON)
• The international encyclopedia of the social sciences (Oversize H40.A2 INT) (also available electronically)
  

You will also find dictionaries concerning the political situation in particular geographical areas.

For example:

• A political and economic dictionary of Latin America /Peter Calvert (F1406 CAL)
• A political and economic dictionary of Eastern Europe /[edited by] Alan J. Day, Roger East and Richard Thomas (JN96.A58 POL)
• Dictionary of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: culture, history and politics (DS119.7 DIC)
• Encyclopedia of the Cold War /Thomas S. Arms (Oversize D843 ARM)
• Statesman's year-book (Serial JA51.S7 ) (also available electronically)

Biographical dictionaries of politicians, and lists of members of Parliament are also held:

Some examples are:

• Dod's parliamentary companion (current issue at Serial JN500.D73 )
• Routledge dictionary of twentieth century political thinkers /edited by Robert Benewick and Philip Green (JA83 ROU)
• Dictionary of Labour biography / edited by Greg Rosen (JN1129.L31 DIC)