Research Guides: POLS 275: Political Behavior (HC): Background Information

Handbooks and Companions

The Oxford Handbook of American Elections and Political Behavior by Jan E. Leighley (Editor)
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Publication Date: 2010-04-15
Offers comprehensive coverage of theoretical approaches to the study of American elections and political behavior. The articles provide broad overviews of intellectual developments as well as discussion of research design, political participation, and vote choice.
Oxford Handbook of Political Behavior by Russell J. Dalton (Editor)
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Publication Date: 2007-09-27
Examines the role of the citizen in contemporary politics, based on articles from leading scholars of political behaviour research. Reviews cross-national literature on citizen behaviour and the relationship between citizens and their governments.
The Oxford Handbook of Political Psychology by Leonie Huddy (Editor); David O. Sears (Editor); Jack S. Levy (Editor)
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ISBN: 9780199760107
Publication Date: 2013-09-04
The contributors to this volume answer such questions as: how does personality affect leadership style? What are the origins of racial prejudice? How does violent communal conflict originate?Focusing first on political psychology at the individual level authors then move to the collective.

Background Information: Literature Reviews

Literature reviews are a particularly useful resource when doing research. They address the issues involved in a particular question and the debates among scholars. They map out the intellectual terrain succinctly and give you the major landmarks in terms of key authors and significant titles for greater understanding.

Check here for literature reviews devoted in whole or part to issues related to your topic:

Annual Review of Political Science

Examples from other Annual Review titles include include:

Voter Identification Laws and Turnout in the United States. Annual Review of Political Science (2017)
Field Experiments on Political Behavior and Collective Action. Annual Review of Political Science (2009)
Measuring Public Opinion with Surveys. Annual Review of Political Science (2017)

Oxford Bibliographies Online: Political Science
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Annotated bibliographies by top scholars detailing key sources on a range of topics in the field of Political Science and related areas. 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.
Gender, Behavior and Representation
Identity and Political Behavior
Voter Turnout
Dissertations and Theses
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Doctoral students go through an exhaustive research process and often include a literature review chapter in their dissertations. They also tend to work on new questions which may have received very little attention from scholars. You can obtain these dissertations and benefit from all the bibliographic treasures and new ideas. Check Dissertations & Theses to identify title on your topic.
The database covers the Humanities and Social Sciences and offers millions of dissertation titles and abstracts along with over 2 million full-text dissertations you can download. Titles not available full text can be checked on the Web or requested through Interlibrary loan.

Finding Additional Background Information

Encyclopedia of activism and social justice
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Covers the fields of activism, civil engagement, and social justice as well as short biographies of the major thinkers and leaders who have influenced and continue to influence the study of activism. Offers multidisciplinary perspectives with contributions from many fields of study.
Princeton Encyclopedia of American Political History
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Scholars were commissioned to write the 190 articles on a wide range of political topics including aspects of religion, popular culture, and education.
Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social and Political Movements
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Contains over 400 entries exploring social and political movements and related collective phenomena throughout the world.

Subject Guide

Margaret Schaus

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Subjects: Africana & Black Studies, Cities, Classics, History, Latin American & Iberian Studies, Political Science, Writing Program