POLS 171: Introduction to Political Theory (HC)

+++ Commentary and annotated bibliographies by top scholars detailing key sources on a range of topics in pertinent fields including Political Science, International Relations and Area Studies. Check the items in the "Related Titles" box for additional information related to your interests. This series is under development and adds additional essays twice a year.
Entries of interest include:
Ideological Reasoning in Politics (from the Political Science section) - General
Anarchism (from the Sociology section) ; Modern Chinese Political Thought (from the Chinese Studies section) ; Feminist Political Thought (from the Political Science section) ; The Caribbean Philosophical Association (from the Political Science section) ; Political Culture (from the Political Development of Turkey article in the Political Science section) - Pod 1
Feminist Political Thought (from the Political Science section) ; Political Development of Turkey (from the Political Science section) ; Race in American Political Thought (from the Political Science section) - Pod 2
South Asian Political Thought (from the Political Science section) ; Anarchism (from the Sociology section) ; Modern Chinese Political Thought (from the Chinese Studies section) ; Race in American Political Thought (from the Political Science section) - Pod 3
Anarchism (from the Sociology section) ; Modern Chinese Political Thought (from the Chinese Studies section) ; Feminist Political Thought (from the Political Science section) ; Libertarianism (from the Political Science section) - Pod 4
The Historiography of Twentieth-Century American Conservatism (from the Political Science section) ; The Caribbean Philosophical Association (from the Political Science section) ; Libertarianism (from the Political Science section) ; Black Middle Class (from the Political Science section) - Pod 5
Comparative Politics of Chile and Uruguay (from the Political Science section) ; Conservatism (from the Sociology section) ; State and Nation Formation in Pre-Revolutionary Mexico (from the Latin American Studies section) ; Comparatve Politics of Federalism (from the Political Science section) ; - Pod 6
The Kurds (from the Islamic Studies section)- See two references to Rojava ; New Negro (from the African American Studies section)- See a few references to Booker T. Washington ; Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (from the Hinduism section) ; - Pod 7

Publishes literature reviews by scholars in the field. They tend to explore a topic in depth. Use the Advanced Search function to find relevant articles in related fields, as in the examples below:
"The Politics of the Black Power Movement" Annual Review of Political Science (2021); "Feminist Theory Today" Annual Review of Political Science (2017); "Transnational Social Movements: Environmentalist, Indigenous, and Agrarian Visions for Planetary Futures" Annual Review of Environment and Resources (2022) - Pod 1
"Gender in the Middle East: Islam, State, Agency" Annual Review of Sociology (2011) - Pod 2
"The Politics of the Black Power Movement" Annual Review of Political Science (2021) - Pod 3
"Black Middle-Class Neighborhoods" Annual Review of Sociology (2005) - Pod 4
"The Evolution of the New Black Middle Class" Annual Review of Sociology (2011) - Pod 5
"The Politics of Racist Dehumanization in the United States" Annual Review of Political Science (2023) ; "Race and Authoritarianism in American Politics" Annual Review of Political Science (2019) - See references to Trump; - Pod 6
"The Politics of the Black Power Movement" Annual Review of Political Science (2021) - See references to Booker T. Washington - Pod 7

Examines the ideas of the major political theorists from before Plato to our own era; the main schools of political thought; as well as institutions and practices inspired by political thought.

This handbook focuses on the questions that arise when considering the international dimensions of political theory.

In addition to longstanding issues such as authority, equality, freedom, and democracy, there are articles in this handbook on less classical topics such as race, historical injustice, deliberation, money and politics, global justice, and ideal and non-ideal theory.

This 10-volume Routledge encyclopedia covers philosophical themes, philosophies, historical periods, and religions. Subjects covered include: Anglo-American, ethical and political, cross-cultural, interdisciplinary, continental and contemporary philosophy.
HC has an online version while BMC has a print copy.

A peer-reviewed, open-access encyclopedia started by the Stanford University Philosophy Department in 1997. The encyclopedia consists of extended articles in all areas of philosophy. Entries are created and updated by experts in the field, and each contains extensive bibliographic references. Entries for some subject areas are still under development. Examples of entries include:
"Anarchism"
"Contemporary Africana Philosophy"
"Libertarianism"
"Paternalism"
"References to Booker T. Washington"