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February 2001, update of June 1988
Mark Alpert, Social Sciences Librarian
In the Undergraduate concentration, Politics courses are designed to develop an understanding of the various ways societies organize themselves to manage conflict and cooperation and to make and implement public policy.
The graduate program in Politics offers three degree programs leading to the degrees of Master of Arts in Politics, Doctor of Philosophy in Politics, or a joint Doctor of Philosophy in Politics and Social Policy with the Heller Graduate School. Grounded in the study of institutions and history of American and European politics, the program emphasizes scholarly research and writing on American political development, liberalism and its critics, comparative political institutions and public policy, and the United States in world politics.
The political science collection supports present and anticipated teaching and research in the field of political science and its related subdisciplines. The collection also supports, in part, several interdepartmental programs in the following areas: Latin American Studies, Legal Studies, Women's Studies, Russian and East European Studies, Environmental Studies, and Peace and Conflict Studies.
The general programs of the department are structured to provide instruction in political science for students wishing to gain an understanding of the political process in the contemporary world. The collections serve the needs of politics majors as well as those from other subject areas with related interests, primarily in the areas of history and the social sciences.
The collection represents a broad spectrum of research interests, including: comparative politics, East European politics, conflict resolution, political theory, constitutional law, international relations and world politics, Southeast Asian and Latin American politics, western European and American politics, Africana, international political economy, and the politics of East Asia.
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Areas of principal concern are the United States, Western Europe, Russia, the Far East, and Southeast Asia. The Middle East is covered by the Near Eastern and Judaica Studies statement, Latin America by the Latin American Studies statement and some of Africa in the African and Afro-American Studies statement.
Although there is an emphasis on contemporary affairs, there are no chronological restrictions on such areas as comparative government and politics, international relations, and political theory and history.
Currently-published material is emphasized. Earlier important works not represented in the collection are purchased on request or need.
In general, only English language materials are collected. Other languages will be collected, when appropriate.
Monographs are primary to the collection.
Serials are primary to the collection
The library buys or subscribes to electronic indexes and full-text databases that offer research value. Links to free websites are not actively collected together on the library's website although links to websites are included in guides produced by the library.
Research collections in microforms are purchased when deemed relevant.
Dissertations are acquired on a highly selective basis.
Video and audio materials are acquired when relevant to the curriculum.
Materials are located at the Main Library
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Subject Area |
Collecting Levels |
| American Politics | Undergraduate Study |
| European Politics | Graduate Study |
| Western Europe | Graduate Study |
| Russia and Eastern Europe | Graduate Study |
| Asian Politics | Graduate Study |
| International Relations | Graduate Study |
| Political Theory | Undergraduate Study |
| International Law | Undergraduate Study |
Because of the interdisciplinary nature of subject matter of Politics, a number of related policy statements should be consulted:
